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Night photograph of a large polished black lingam with a gold-banded base and a garland of yellow, red, white and green flowers on top. On a steel platform beside it stand a man in saffron robes with long swept-back hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha-style bead garland, holding a lit oil lamp aloft toward the lingam, with a second saffron-robed attendant beside him. Behind them a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and sacred marks on his body stands on the platform, and another saffron-robed man in a shaved head climbs the steel staircase below. Lamps glow in the dark background.

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October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12Night ritual photograph at a large black Shivalinga covered with a band of multicolour flower garlands in red, yellow, white and green, its base wrapped in strings of flowers. Silver-gold yoni-patta bands sit on the lingam. On a metal scaffold platform behind it, three men stand: a man in an orange robe and a long necklace holding a flame lamp, beside a second man in orange robes holding a lamp, and a young man in a white dhoti and gold-beaded necklace who has shaved head and tilak. Warm lights glow in the background.2011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12Night photograph of a large black dome-shaped Shiva linga with silver-foiled decorative bands, being worshipped on a raised metal platform. Two priests in white dhoti stand on the platform: one bare-chested with a sacred thread, and one holding a silver aarti lamp that emits smoke as he offers it to the linga. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe stands at the left on the staircase beside brass pots, appearing to watch. The background is dark with a dim building and windows. This is a night ritual puja or aarti at a linga. No a person candidate is identifiable from appearance in this view.2011-10-11October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12October 12 20112011-10-12