People waiting to enter the cave/shrine, Gopeshvar, Assam. Photographer: Michael Aram Tarr.
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Photographer's note: 'I was told the last man who picked up the cover over the Ardhanareshvar Lingam inside of the cave/shrine went immediately into Samadhi; thus it was forbidden to view the lingam.'
Chamunda or Wrathful Tara, Kamakhya Temple, Assam. Photographer: Michael Aram Tarr.
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Photographer's note: 'It has been suggested that the Kamakhya shrine (along with the Hayagriva Temple at Hajo, picture #1) had been earlier a Buddhist shrine.'