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Night rudrabhishekam on tiered red stone steps lined with many devotees seated in rows. In the foreground a woman with blonde hair in a purple and gold sari pours or tends a black stone shivalinga on a base, with brass bowls and a brass pitcher nearby. Beside her a woman in a purple top and pink trousers holds a brass ritual vessel. Men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees with rudraksha malas sit among shivalingas and brass bowls, while string lights and street lamps light the scene. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.

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December 11 20162016-12-11Night ritual on a red-tiered stone stairway lit by floodlights and string lights, with red flags on poles behind. Dozens of devotees sit on the steps beside black stone Shiva lingams, many with brass plates and lamps. Foreground: a woman in an orange shawl and white trousers holds a brass item; a woman in a blue patterned dress holds a small object; a woman in a magenta sari and a woman in a purple headscarf sit near brass vessels. Several men sit bare-chested in white dhotis, and a man in the back right wears a white garment. Oil lamps and brass vessels are visible along the steps.2016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a large crowd seated on red-tiered stone steps around rows of black Shiva lingams on round black yoni-pitha bases, each with small oil lamps and brass vessels. Many participants wear white ritual dhotis and kurtas, while others wear saris and bright shawls. Strings of coloured lights and flags hang above, with floodlights overhead. Several people are performing abhishekam-style offerings and aarti with brass lamps and spoons. A man in an orange shirt and white trousers bends forward over a lingam in the right foreground. Blurred hands and a silver ladle appear in the lower edge. The scene is an evening puja at a temple-like ground.2016-12-06Night photo of a crowded outdoor deepam ceremony with rows of small black stone shivalingams on red-brown tiered steps, each set with brass lamps, bowls and flower offerings. Seated devotees fill the steps: a woman in a purple salwar kameez with a long braid and gold jewellery, a blonde woman in a purple top holding a brass lamp, a man with grey hair in bare-chested white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a bald man in a white dhoti with a red-and-orange mala, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and orange mala, with a pale purple shawl and a wristwatch. Behind them many more people sit under bright string lights.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12Night photograph of a large outdoor ritual on tiered red steps lit by floodlights and strings of colourful lights. Many participants sit cross-legged in rows, most in white, cream or colourful saris and kurtas, and several bare-chested men wear rudraksha malas. Black stone shivalinga stand on the steps before them, with brass vessels and lamps placed beside them, indicating a Shiva abhishekam-style ritual. A bald elderly man in white clothing with a mala sits in the lower right foreground, eyes closed and hands folded. A woman in a yellow-green saree and another in red sit with hands pressed together in devotion.2016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copies