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A young bare-chested man sits on red stone steps at a riverside ghat, holding a smoking incense stick or small flame near his face. He wears a red-brown rudraksha mala and a thin white sacred thread. Around him are rows of black stone shivalinga-style pillars, brass vessels and oil lamps. Behind him, other people in white dhotis with gold borders sit on the steps, and smoke rises through the scene.

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December 17 20162016-12-17A young boy sits cross-legged on red-painted stone steps, bare-chested, wearing an orange dhoti and layered rudraksha malas, with white tripundra vibhuti marks on his forehead. He holds his palms together in prayer near small oil lamps and brass ritual vessels. Black stone lingams stand in rows around him, with incense smoke rising, and other saffron-clad participants sit behind him in an outdoor puja setting.2016-11-26 +1 copiesA young shirtless man with dark curly hair sits on red steps beside black stone lingams and brass pots, lighting an incense or lamp stick with a small flame. He wears a red-brown rudraksha mala and a pendant, with white ash markings on his upper arm. Behind him, other shirtless men in white dhotis with gold borders sit on the steps near smoke and brass vessels.2016-12-18July 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20172017-01-02A photograph of a ritual on red stone steps lined with black Shivalinga stones and brass kalasha pots. In the centre, a bare-chested young man with short dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest, and a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bell in one hand and raises a small brass implement in the other. To the left, an older bald bare-chested man with a necklace reads from an open book. Behind them, people in white dhoti with orange borders sit on the steps, and a saffron flag stands in the foreground. The scene appears to be a riverside puja.2017-07-17 +1 copiesOutdoor abhishekam scene at a row of black stone shivalingams on red-painted steps. In the foreground a bare-chested man with short hair and a trimmed beard holds a lit incense stick aloft in his right hand, wearing a rudraksha-style pendant on a cord and a ring, with white dhoti. A shivalinga topped with pink flowers stands at left, and brass vessels sit on the steps. To the left, a shirtless man with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and a sacred cord sits beside another devotee in white cloth. Several other devotees in white are seated in the background.2016-12-02February 26 20172017-02-26Outdoor scene of many black stone shivalingams arranged in rows in the foreground, with dark cylindrical lingam bases and carved yoni-style pedestals. Behind them, red-painted steps hold more lingams and brass kalasha-style vessels. Three visible people sit among the stones: a young boy in orange cloth with white tripundra forehead markings and beaded necklaces, a young person in orange with curly hair and white markings, and an older bare-chested man with white tripundra and a rudraksha mala, looking down.2017-08-07December 18 20162016-12-18November 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copies