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Photograph of an outdoor pool-side ritual setting. In the foreground a woman seen from behind, wearing a rust-brown garment, a red and white flower garland and a gold armlet, sits at the edge of a turquoise pool and gazes toward the far side. A tall metal ladder-like structure draped with banana leaves, marigold garlands and a band of orange, pink and green flower garlands stands on a platform in the water. Tiered terraces of red-flowered plants surround the pool, with a wall and a lit outline of a Shivalinga-like form visible in the background.

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Photograph of a seated person seen from behind on the left, wearing a rust-orange cloth, a red and yellow flower garland across the shoulder, gold armlet, gold earring and a gold hair ornament in a bun. They gaze across a large turquoise pool toward a tiered stone seating area with rows of red-orange seats and a raised platform on the right. The platform holds a tall black Shiva lingam draped with a colourful garland-decorated cloth, with banana plants and a white ladder rising beside the pool. A glowing orange trident-like emblem hangs on the far wall. Overcast sky above.2013-07-22July 22 20132013-07-22December 03 20162016-12-03July 22 20132013-07-22A photograph of a large black Shivalinga-form structure standing on a platform in the middle of a still reflecting pool, decorated with bands of marigold garlands in yellow, orange and purple and green leaf festoons climbing a side staircase. Two figures in saffron and orange clothes stand on top of the structure beside the linga, and a crowd of people in white clothes sits on red tiered steps at left and right under a grey sky. Palm trees and a red multi-storey building frame the scene.2013-07-22Wide outdoor photograph of a large reflecting pool at an ashram amphitheatre, with a central platform holding a tall shrine-like structure with a dark arched niche, decorated with yellow, orange and red marigold garlands and mango-leaf-style festoons. Terraced red seating rises on both sides and a stairway with white railings leads up to a red building. A few distant figures in white and orange-red clothing stand on the left stairs and at the top, but none are close enough to identify. Palms and potted plants line the edges, and the water mirrors the decorated structure.2013-07-22July 22 20132013-07-22July 22 20132013-07-22December 03 20162016-12-03A large dark grey Shiva lingam on a square stone platform in a water-filled tank is wrapped in marigold and multicolour flower garlands. Water flows from a spout on the lingam's base. A metal staircase with banana-leaf decorations rises to the top, where several people in saffron-orange robes stand; one wears a red garment and a rudraksha-style necklace, and a figure in white stands nearby. Below, rows of seated devotees in white clothes fill the red-tiered steps on the left, while on the right a line of people in orange robes stands at the tank edge. Bunting flags and palm-leaf decorations line the grounds, with trees behind.2013-07-22July 29 20132013-07-29July 22 20132013-07-22