A barefoot person in orange sannyasi-style wrap and red top walks away from the camera across a bare concrete floor inside a plain whitewashed hall. Ahead stands a black stone Shivalingam on a black square peetha, marked with white tripundra lines, with a white painted nandi bull with gold harness and a colourful flower-garlanded arched backdrop behind it. Brass oil lamps flank the peetha. - Nithyanandapedia

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A barefoot person in orange sannyasi-style wrap and red top walks away from the camera across a bare concrete floor inside a plain whitewashed hall. Ahead stands a black stone Shivalingam on a black square peetha, marked with white tripundra lines, with a white painted nandi bull with gold harness and a colourful flower-garlanded arched backdrop behind it. Brass oil lamps flank the peetha.

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