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A large outdoor crowd gathers on tiered red stone steps around a rectangular water tank at dusk. In the centre, a large Shiva linga stands in the water, decorated with a garland and flower-draped base, beside a flower-decorated platform. Many devotees wear white clothing, and some women wear saris with red and pink borders. A cameraman with a tripod and a man in white stand on the steps near the water, while a red multi-storey building and trees frame the background.

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March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph from a Mahashivaratri event at an ashram, taken from the steps of a large stepped tank. Hundreds of devotees in white clothes sit on the terraced red stone steps around a rectangular water tank. In the centre, a decorated golden-and-red shrine or palanquin stands on a platform in the water, and a Shiva linga sits in the foreground. A man in white ritual dress stands near the linga, and a woman in a white sari with gold border in the foreground presses her palms together in namaste. A red multi-storey building and trees stand behind, with a wall carved with text at the right.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07Crowds of devotees in white clothes sit on tiered stone steps around a large rectangular tank of still water at a Hindu temple complex. In the centre, a decorated kalasha-style shrine or ornamented stone platform rises from the water, and a dark stone bull statue with an orange garland sits at the water's edge in the foreground. A woman in a white sari with a red and gold border stands near the bull, facing the tank, and a cameraman in white clothes films the scene. Several people in the foreground press palms together in namaskar. Brick buildings and a sandstone wall with carvings frame the sunlit scene, which is consistent with a Mahashivaratri-style puja gathering at the tank.2016-03-07 +1 copiesA large outdoor photograph of a stepped stone tank with a still green-grey water surface, where a decorated floating ceremonial structure with a Shiva linga-like form and golden-orange garlands sits in the middle. Two men in plain white ritual clothing stand on the steps near a black stone Nandi-style figure, with a shorter figure in white beside them. In the foreground, many devotees in white saris and white shirts sit on the stone steps with hands folded in anjali, and one woman with hands raised in namaskar. Rows of seated devotees in white fill the tiered stone seating on both sides of the tank, with some in orange-saffron wraps. Red brick buildings and a pale wall are behind. Spectators fill the ghats, consistent with a Mahashivaratri puja at an ashram tank, and no clearly identifiable a person is visible.2016-03-07Outdoor photograph of a large stepped stone tank at dusk, with a brick-red building and trees behind it. A tall, ornate deity murti of a bull-faced or Nandi-like figure with garlanded decoration stands on a platform in the centre of the still water. Along the terraced steps on both sides, a large crowd sits in white clothing, with some saffron-robed figures among them. In the foreground, a cameraman in white films beside a black stone sculpture with an orange garland, while devotees sit facing the water. Several hundred people are visible.2016-03-07Evening view of an open-air temple tank at dusk, its still water reflecting a large illuminated Shivalinga-style structure decorated with yellow and orange garlands on a raised platform at the centre. Terraced stone steps on both sides are filled with seated devotees dressed in white. In the foreground a large black linga with an orange garland faces the water, and a man in white stands beside a camera on a tripod near it. Behind the tank stands a multi-storey red building with a railed roofline under a pale sky.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07 +1 copiesMarch 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07Outdoor photo at dusk of a stepped temple tank with still water. A decorated floating pavilion or barge with golden ornaments and a lit central structure sits in the middle of the tank, flanked by fountain jets. Along the right-hand stone steps, rows of black Shiva lingams sit in circular bases while devotees in white clothes pour liquid over them, some holding vessels and cups. Several figures in white dhotis and kurtas stand near the water and along the railing. Spectators in white are seated on terraced red tiers on the left, and a multistorey building with scaffolding stands behind. Sunlight glares from the horizon, forming a lens flare.2016-03-07