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Outdoor photo at a ground-level ritual site beside a large black stone shivalingam on a square black-and-white stepped base, with rows of red-and-white tiled terraces behind it and palm trees on the skyline. A tall man with long swept-back dark hair wears a full saffron-orange robe and stands beside the lingam. Beside him, an older man with grey hair and a beard, wearing an orange shirt, a rudraksha-style necklace and an orange dhoti-style wrap, stands with hands clasped. At right, a man in white kurta and dhoti with an orange shawl stands nearby. In the foreground, a black stand draped with a white cloth is decorated with pink flower garlands, and a wooden tray holds brass vessels, bowls of pink petals, a bell, incense and lit oil lamps, consistent with a puja set-up. Three people are visible.