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A person stands at the edge of a large rectangular water tank at a Shiva temple setting, facing right and smiling. The figure wears a dark red-brown dhoti or wrap, layered gold necklaces, gold armlet and bangle, and a long red, pink and white marigold garland. Their hair is pulled back. Behind them a tall black Shiva lingam, draped in multicoloured flower bands, stands on a red-and-white platform in the water, reached by a yellow-and-orange flower-garlanded bridge. Rows of orange-clad seated devotees fill tiered stands in the background. Flower petals float on the water and the scene is bright, with a clear sky.

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December 27 20162016-12-27A woman stands at the edge of a water pool beside a large black Shivalinga, which is draped with a multicoloured garland band and sits on a red-and-white base. She wears a red and gold sari, a red-and-white flower garland, a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles, and her hair is pulled back. A yellow-and-orange marigold garland stretches across the water from the stone structure. Behind the pool, rows of orange-clad seated devotees fill tiered seating under a pale sky. A camera is visible at the right edge, and marigold petals float on the water.2016-12-27December 27 20162016-12-27February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 27 20142014-02-27Photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a large outdoor lingam, a tall dark stone shivalingam wrapped in a thick garland of marigolds and multicoloured flowers, with a striped flower-bedecked base and a long garland draped down its side. A central man in a rust-red dhoti with orange border, wearing a rudraksha mala, a heavy gold necklace with a pendant, gold armlets and a red-and-white forehead mark, stands on a walkway with a metal railing. Beside him to the left, a man in red-orange robes and a rudraksha mala carries a brown cloth bundle, and another man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands further left. On the right, a bald priest with white vibhuti on his forehead and a rudraksha mala walks past. Behind, rows of seated white-clad devotees and priests sit on terraced steps near a raised platform and a fence.2015-02-19February 19 20152015-02-19December 27 20162016-12-27A large dark cylindrical lingam stands at right, draped with a garland of red, orange, yellow and white flowers and encircled by a silver-toned yoni-base band; water sprays over it during abhishekam. Above, on a raised platform with metal stairs and orange-and-yellow marigold garlands, a bald man in a red-brown dhoti and sacred thread stands beside a smiling person in a red-and-white garland and dark clothing holding a small vessel. Several other priests in red-brown robes stand on the stairs below. Red-tiled terrace with potted plants and a white wall behind.2016-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27Dusk view of a large black Shivalinga standing in shallow water at an outdoor ritual site, its base wrapped in a band of marigold garlands in orange, yellow, red and white. A long orange-and-yellow flower-garlanded walkway with a wooden-railed platform leads from the bank to the lingam, and several robed figures in dark red and saffron clothing stand along it and near the top. Rows of red-and-white chairs fill tiered seating along the banks, with palm trees and a white wall behind, and flower petals float on the water. Deity murti shrine setting with garlands, no visible fire ritual.2016-12-27February 19 20152015-02-19