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A close outdoor view of a black stone shivalinga on a red and white painted base, draped with a white cloth and garlanded with white and yellow-orange flower strings. A white banner with a blue border reads SILENCE PLEASE above Tamil text, placed beside the shrine. Green leaves frame the foreground, and a carved stone gateway stands behind, with a red-tiled structure in the distance. No people are clearly visible in the frame.

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A black stone Shivalingam is installed outdoors within an ornate golden arch of carved temple-style framing. The lingam, marked with a three-striped tripundra, is draped in a white cloth with red border, and garlanded with yellow and red flowers and white jasmine. The lingam sits on a black pedestal atop a painted base striped in red, white and blue. A tree and corrugated metal structures stand behind, and a sign panel is visible at right. No people are visible.2010-01-08A photograph of a black stone Shiva lingam set on a grey pedestal outdoors. The lingam is draped in a white cloth with a gold-bordered red edge and garlanded with magenta marigold-style flowers, yellow blossoms and red rose petal strands. Three horizontal white tripundra lines and a red dot mark its face. Terracotta flower pots and stone steps stand behind it. A small brass plaque at the base is engraved with dedication text. No people are visible.2011-12-12Close outdoor photograph of a small black stone lingam, a Shiva linga, resting on a grey stone slab. The lingam is draped with a red-and-orange cloth wrapped around its top, a yellow marigold garland, and a dark brown rudraksha mala. A white cloth with a red-and-gold bordered edge lies beneath it. A blurred red wall and autumn foliage form the background. No people are visible.2016-12-07November 07 20112011-11-07January 01 20112011-01-01A small black Shiva lingam on a grey stone platform, draped with a red and orange cloth at its top and wrapped in a white cloth with a red-bordered edge. It is garlanded with a thick yellow marigold garland and a strand of brown rudraksha beads hangs across its base. Blurred red and brown background suggests an outdoor setting. No people are visible.2016-12-07A small black stone lingam sits on a grey stone platform outdoors, dappled with shadows from overhead foliage. It is draped with a white cloth bordered in red and gold, and garlanded with a thick band of red flowers. A single yellow flower rests at its base. No people are visible; the setting is a quiet outdoor shrine with a dark stone plinth in the foreground.2011-01-28A dark stone Shiva linga on a grey stone platform, draped with a white cloth bordered in gold and red and a green-and-gold sash. A large garland of red flowers encircles the linga, and a single yellow flower rests at its base. Dappled sunlight falls across the platform in an outdoor setting. No people are visible.2011-01-28January 08 20102010-01-08A photograph of an outdoor shrine set on a raised concrete platform in a tree-shaded open yard of red earth. A dark stone lingam sits on a yoni-style base, draped with a white cloth with gold-yellow borders, and has a small red mark on its top. To the left stands a tall dark iron trident-like pole with a crescent finial. Concrete benches and a low wall frame the courtyard, with an orange wall visible behind the trees. No people are present.2012-08-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a shaded temple courtyard beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A man in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a long red and white flower garland and a tulsi/rudraksha-style neck mala, walks across dark polished stone tiles toward a shrine. Behind him a person in white stands near a camera, and at right a seated person sits by offering trays. The shrine holds a Shiva lingam draped with red and white garlands within a white arched frame, set on a mound of red flowers and a dark circular base. Floor kolam designs are drawn in white. A sign at right reads SILENCE PLEASE, and a bright orange garland hangs on the tree at left.2011-01-01February 23 20082008-02-23