Close outdoor photograph of a tall, smooth, dark polished black stone lingam rising in the foreground, its rounded top catching sunlight. Behind it stand a red-brick terrace wall, a metal railing with stairs at right, and blurred green shrubs, a pale building and utility poles in hazy daylight. No people are visible in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close outdoor photograph of a tall, smooth, dark polished black stone lingam rising in the foreground, its rounded top catching sunlight. Behind it stand a red-brick terrace wall, a metal railing with stairs at right, and blurred green shrubs, a pale building and utility poles in hazy daylight. No people are visible in the frame.

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