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Night outdoor ceremony with a large black stone Nandi bull statue draped in yellow, orange and white marigold garlands, set on a raised platform. A shaved-headed man in a black top and dark garments stands beside the statue, leaning over it and apparently tending it with his hands. Seated devotees fill the tiered area behind a chain-link fence, including women in saris and a bare-chested man with painted markings. Red flags stand along the fence and bright lights illuminate the scene from the upper right, with trees in the background.

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December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night ritual at a stepped ghat with red flags and marigold garlands draped over a large black stone Nandi bull on the left. A bald priest in orange dhoti and bare chest stands on the steps, holding a bell and raising a lit lamp or offering toward the bull. Two seated people in white and red-and-gold clothing sit with folded hands on the lower steps, and a row of seated devotees in white dress and tiered stone steps with brass lamps fill the right side under floodlights.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night-time photo of a ceremony at a stepped ghat-like platform beside a large black Nandi bull statue draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A young shaved-headed priest in an orange dhoti and bare chest, with a rudraksha mala, stands holding a brass plate. Beside him a bare-chested priest in orange cloth folds his hands. Two women sit on the steps, one in a maroon sari and one in white. Red flags line the railings and spectators fill the tiered stands in the background, some wearing white.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of an outdoor night ritual at a stone temple setting. In the foreground a large black Shiva lingam is draped with a garland of white and yellow flowers and red beads, while a young shirtless man in a red dhoti and white body markings pours liquid from a vessel over it, an abhishekam. Behind a metal railing, several men sit on red-and-grey steps, some bare-chested and some in white or saffron-brown garments, watching. A seated woman in white with a yellow cloth is at the lower left, and red flags and brass vessels are visible. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.2016-12-09Night photograph of a ghat-style stone stairway at an outdoor riverside ritual. A large black Nandi bull statue sits at the centre, draped in yellow and white marigold garlands. Devotees sit on the tiered steps behind white metal railings, many in saffron and colourful saris. Red triangular flags hang along the railings and a shaved-headed man in orange dhoti and bare chest, with rudraksha beads, carries a lit lamp down the steps at right. Two large metal vessels sit on the left steps.2016-12-23Night scene at a stepped riverside ghat lit by floodlights, with red flags on poles. A large black stone Nandi bull is draped in yellow and orange marigold garlands and sits on a raised platform at left. In the centre a bare-chested priest in saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a lamp toward a seated figure in a red shawl and saffron cloth, a ritual aarti or puja. Devotees in white and orange clothes sit on the steps in the background. a person cue is not clearly established here, so identity remains uncertain.2016-12-23Night-time photograph at a temple courtyard showing a large black stone Nandi statue, the bull of Shiva, lying on a stone plinth draped with a yellow marigold garland. Brass plates with lamps and offerings sit in front of it. Behind, several seated men in white dhotis, some bare-chested, and a seated woman in an orange sari sit on steps lined with red flags and a mesh railing, with strings of small lights overhead. The men appear to be devotees or priests attending the Karthigai Deepam observance; a figure at left wears a red cloth draped over his lap. Dense foliage fills the upper right.2016-12-12