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A large crowd of devotees bathes in the waters of a stepped tank, Vaidya Sarovar, with red sandstone steps and black lingam-shaped pillars behind them. Many people in white clothes, some with yellow shawls, raise their hands and hold small brass or copper kalasha pots. A man in a white kurta with a yellow shawl stands on the upper steps near a tripod-mounted camera. Foreground, a bald older man in a khaki shirt raises a hand near the water. A bronze trident stands at the right edge. A fountain jet rises at left. Water splashes around the people, many of whom are children and women in saris.

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