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Night photograph of a vast open-air gathering of many small black Shiva lingams, each set on a white cloth with red and green striped borders and crowned with yellow marigold garlands. The rows of lingams stretch across the courtyard toward the back. Strings of small colourful pennant flags hang overhead between palm trees, and a car is parked at the upper right. No people are visible in the frame, and no a person candidate appears.

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