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Evening ritual on tiered stone steps lined with brass vessels and black shivalinga-shaped stones on low stands, with small oil lamps glowing and flowers scattered. About ten bare-chested men in white dhotis sit on the steps, many with hands joined in prayer or holding brass items. A woman in a green and gold sari sits at the left edge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam at a riverside ghat-style setting.

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December 23 20162016-12-23July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesNight ritual scene on red brick steps with many seated devotees. A woman in a white sari and white trousers sits centrally, gazing upward with hands resting in her lap, beside a black shivalinga-shaped stone and brass pots. A shirtless man with a gold chain and white dhoti sits in the foreground, a young boy in orange and blue crouches at left, and women in white and gold-bordered saris press palms together at right and lower right. Brass kalashas, vibhuti-marked foreheads and marigold offerings surround the stone lingams. No figure here is visibly identifiable as a person by the cues the prompt requires, so no a person candidate is marked. The setting suggests an abhishekam or puja gathering in a temple courtyard.2016-12-23Devotees sit on tiered red steps at night, each with brass pots and oil lamps arranged on black stone shivalinga-style pedestals. A bearded man with long hair and bare torso sits at left, lighting a wick. A young man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and folded hands sits centre, and a woman in red skirt and yellow blouse with a mala sits at right with palms pressed together. A man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala at right folds his hands, and a woman in a green saree sits at far left. A red flag stands at the left edge.2016-12-12December 23 20162016-12-23December 03 20162016-12-03December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesPhotograph of several men seated on red-painted stone steps beside black stone shivalinga (lingams) placed on the steps, a Rudra Abhishekam-style ritual setting. Four men are visible in white dhotis with yellow borders, bare-chested, some with white sacred ash markings on their bodies. An older man with grey hair and a white vibhuti horizontal mark on his forehead sits in the foreground, gesturing with his open hands. Beside him, a man with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant holds his hands together in prayer. At the far right, a man in a white dhoti with an ID lanyard sits with his hands clasped. Brass vessels and small offerings lie near the lingams, and a striped bag rests on the steps behind them.2016-12-02December 03 20162016-12-03October 16 20162016-10-16December 03 20162016-12-03Night ritual on a tiered red stone stepped platform lined with black Shiva lingams and brass lamps, many lit with small flames. Devotees sit in rows with palms pressed together in prayer. Bare-chested men wear white dhotis, and women wear white or coloured saris, one in a yellow and blue sari, another in a green and yellow sari. The scene suggests a lamp or lingam-centred puja. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named here.2016-12-23