Close-up photograph of a small Shiva linga on a dark black base set in a gold-rimmed tray, surrounded by a heap of magenta-purple flowers with dark red centres. Two round brown-orange stones flank the linga, one with a red kumkum mark, and a red tilak mark sits on the linga top. Striped stone-like ribbed shapes appear behind, with no visible people. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a small Shiva linga on a dark black base set in a gold-rimmed tray, surrounded by a heap of magenta-purple flowers with dark red centres. Two round brown-orange stones flank the linga, one with a red kumkum mark, and a red tilak mark sits on the linga top. Striped stone-like ribbed shapes appear behind, with no visible people.

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