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Outdoor ritual scene with devotees seated on red-painted steps beside black and gold metal kalashas and brass vessels. A woman in a white sari with blue border and gold bangles holds a small oil lamp at her chest. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak holds a lit lamp aloft with a smile. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a rudraksha mala holds a yellow flower offering. Black tyres and yellow flowers sit in the foreground, and a figure in white and bare shoulders appears at the right edge.

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December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03A photograph of a Shiva puja at a Rudra Abhishekam: several bare-chested men in white dhotis sit on a red-edged platform beside black stone Shiva lingams with brass tops. The man in the centre wears rudraksha malas and a white thread, and holds a small brass bell. Another man on the right, with a shaved head and rudraksha mala, also holds a bell, and a woman in a teal patterned top with a red bindi and rudraksha mala sits beside him. A man on the left raises one hand with a flower or offering. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2016-12-17Outdoor group meditation at a stone-stepped ghat with black carved stone lingams in the foreground. A woman in white with long dark hair sits with hands held in mudra. Beside her, a bald bare-chested man in white with gold chain and sacred thread sits eyes closed; a man with rudraksha malas and a red-tipped bead bracelet, bare-chested, sits hands in mudra; a bespectacled man in white with rudraksha beads sits behind. Red steps and brass vessels visible in the background.2016-12-05Outdoor ritual photo of a Rudra Abhishekam with rows of black stone Shiva lingams on red-tiered steps. Several men in white dhotis sit with golden horns (kombu) raised to their lips, one bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a vibhuti forehead mark. Behind them, women in white and green saris and a woman in teal sit among the devotees. Golden kalasha pots and small offerings lie at the front.2016-12-02December 12 20162016-12-12Outdoor photograph of a large group of devotees seated in rows on red stone steps beside a waterfront, performing a Shiva abhishekam. Black Shivalingas stand on the steps with brass vessels and small brass pots set before them. Men sit bare-chested in white dhotis wearing red-and-cream rudraksha malas and white sacred ash lines on their bodies; one man in the centre holds his hands together in mudra. Women in saris and a seated woman in a pink top and cream shawl appear at the left edge. Many others sit further back along the steps. The ritual is mostly in the foreground and middle ground.2016-12-17December 03 20162016-12-03Several men in white dhotis with gold borders sit bare-chested, wearing rudraksha malas and wristbands. The men in front and centre hold lit oil lamps or small flames aloft in their hands during a ritual. The man on the left has a red tilak and sacred ash on his forehead, and another man at right has white ash marks. A blurred figure with a tilak is at the far left edge. Behind them hang orange and red cloths. The scene suggests an aarti-style lamp offering.2013-01-18December 12 20162016-12-12December 03 20162016-12-03