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Night photo of a crowded ritual gathering with participants seated on rows of black stone shivalingams on red-brown steps. Several people hold up brass horns and conch-style trumpets. A bald man with a beard in a bare upper body and white cloth stands among them, another woman in a yellow-beige shawl and red blouse sits at right, and a young girl in white with a red bindi raises one arm beside a lingam marked with white tripundra lines. Blue stage lights and a chain-link fence sit in the background.

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A night photograph of a ritual scene with many participants seated on stone steps around black stone Shivalingams with circular bases. Many people hold long brass horns (ceremonial trumpets) raised to their lips. A bald bearded man in the centre is bare-chested with a white cloth at his waist and a gold chain at his neck. Nearby, a woman wears a red and gold shawl, a man wears a white dhoti and orange sash, and a young girl wears a pink top. Other people wear white, saffron and multicoloured saris and lungis. Purple lights and a fence are visible in the background.2016-12-06Night photograph of a seated group at a ritual abhishekam on black stone shivalingas arranged in rows. Several participants pour liquid from long golden vessels onto the lingams. A woman in a red-and-gold sari in the left foreground holds a golden pouring vessel; a woman in a white outfit with a dark braid pours from another. Behind them, a row of seated devotees, some in white, one with a bald head and a rudraksha mala, all holding golden vessels. Blue lights and a chain-link fence sit in the background, with a floodlight at upper right. Bottom right, a bald man with a grey beard in a rudraksha mala and cream clothing sits near the lingams.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Outdoor ritual scene of devotees seated on red-brick steps beside rows of black stone Shivalingams with yellow flower petals scattered on their bases. Many participants pour water or hold long brass funnel-shaped vessels over the lingams. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red cloth around his waist sits center, and two young men in white dhotis, one bare-chested, pour from brass cones nearby. Women in colourful saris and salwar kameez and some Western-dressed attendees sit behind, several with palms pressed together in prayer. Red cloth hangs at the left edge.2016-12-05December 06 20162016-12-06Devotees perform abhishekam on rows of black stone shivalingams on red-brick steps, pouring water through long brass horns held in both hands. Several participants sit close together; a woman in an orange and yellow patterned salwar wears a white tilak on her forehead, a woman in a teal sari wears gold bangles, a man in white clothes and rudraksha mala sits nearby, and a woman in a pink shawl with black trousers pours from a horn at the right. Brass bowls and small offerings rest on the steps and around the lingams.2016-12-19December 09 20162016-12-09Outdoor Rudra abhishekam ritual on red-tiered steps lined with many black stone shivalingams on pedestals. Three men in front are bare-chested or in white dhotis, pouring from gold-coloured vessels; the man at left smiles and holds a gold cup, the centre man wears a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash, and the right man pours from a gold vessel. Behind them, rows of people in white traditional clothes and a few in teal and pink sit and hold gold vessels, with red flags and gold trishula-topped poles visible at upper right. Offerings and gold bowls lie on the lower steps.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02