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Outdoor ritual scene showing rows of black stone Shiva lingams on a concrete platform, many draped with white cloth and some capped with orange and red patterned fabric. Small white plaque-style name cards sit at the base of several lingams. Trees, a tall pole and a few distant people in white clothing stand in the background under a clear sky.

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May 05 20152015-05-05April 17 20112011-04-17A photograph of a large outdoor field arranged with hundreds of black stone lingams, each wrapped in white cloth with orange-red borders and set on a concrete base with small labelled plaques. Rows of devotees in white clothing move among the lingams in the background, with green and white decorations, bamboo-like poles and a green cloth canopy visible. Trees and open sky form the setting.2015-05-05Outdoor ritual field filled with rows of black stone Shivalingams, each draped in white cloth with gold-bordered edges and marked with white and red tilaka. Many lingams sit on small pedestals; a white-and-gold cloth-wrapped lingam occupies the right foreground. A white bus with painted images and a small orange-roofed building stand beyond, with trees and a hillside behind. No people are clearly visible in the foreground.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17A vast outdoor field filled with rows of black stone Shivalingams, each wrapped in white cloth with orange-red borders and draped with white ash-marked or saffron-edged fabric. The lingams sit on a concrete ground in orderly lines. Behind them, a white van, a small white-roofed shrine structure and scattered people near a fence and trees are visible.2009-08-06A large outdoor gathering of many black stone Shiva lingams, each wrapped in a white cloth with orange and red border, arranged in dense rows on a paved ground. Each lingam sits on a small white-draped base with a dark rope or cord wound around it, and some tops show green leaves or garlands. No people are visible in the frame, only the rows of lingams stretching into the distance.2009-08-06Rows of black stone Shivalingams on dark yoni-pitha bases stand in a long outdoor courtyard, many draped or wrapped in white cloth and some marked with red kumkum dots and yellow flower petals. In the foreground at left, a person in a white garment with a red and orange striped headcloth is seen from behind, facing the lingams. Devotees are faintly visible in the far background. The scene suggests a mass lingam abhishekam or puja arrangement.2011-04-17August 06 20092009-08-06April 17 20112011-04-17Photograph of rows of black Shivling stones, each topped with yellow marigold garlands and a red flower, arranged on white cloth-wrapped bundles across a open ground. Behind them, a crowd of people in white and light-coloured clothing stands among tall white pillars and banana plants, with a woman in a white sari and one in a red top visible. Several figures are partly visible at the back edge of the frame.2010-01-08August 08 20092009-08-08