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Outdoor ritual scene under a heavy grey sky with trees and a few lamps on the horizon. Hundreds of black stone Shivalingams with reddish bases fill the foreground in rows across a pale floor. A woman in an orange sari with a garland stands at the right edge, facing the lingams and raising a conch-like object to her lips. Behind the lingams a large crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing stands in rows, many with orange shawls and white dhotis. Tents and palm trees appear at the edges. Shiva lingam abhishekam or puja setting.

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