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A dense crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water during a holy dip in sacred waters. Many wear white clothing, some with yellow shawls or sashes, and several hold silver-toned kalasha pots or ritual vessels with red fabric. Hands are raised in joy, and faces show smiles. A man in orange robes stands near the top, and a bald man in white is at the centre-left. The scene is packed with people, many partially visible.

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January 02 20102010-01-02A crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water at what appears to be a sacred tank during a holy dip. Many wear white clothes with black or red cords across the shoulder, and several hold small golden kalasha-shaped pots with red cloth bases above the water. Some raise their hands in joy, smiling, and one woman in a light floral top with a red-brown thread and a man with a red cloth nearby are visible. Splashing water surrounds them. Cropped faces and heads fill the foreground, and a palm frond edges the right side.2010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA dense crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water, many dressed in white with red and orange cloths over their shoulders. Several men in the foreground hold up small copper pyramid-shaped vessels with red cloth. Smiling people with hands folded or raised in greeting fill the frame, including a woman with light hair and a white top on the left and a bespectacled man in white in the centre. The water surface is churned and splashing around them.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water, many in white clothes, with raised arms and smiling faces. Several hold small brass or silver figurines and kalasha-like objects aloft. On the right edge, a palanquin or ratha is decked with garlands of yellow and orange marigolds, purple flowers, red gerbera blooms and palm fronds. Water splashes around the people, marking a holy dip in a sacred water body. Some devotees wear rudraksha malas and yellow shawls. The crowd is dense, with more people partially visible at the edges.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water at a holy dip. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti at centre lifts a brass-coloured tiered kalasha-style vessel above his head. Many people wear white clothes; several men wear yellow shawls and orange garlands, and a bearded older man in white and yellow stands at left. A decorated boat or float with orange cloth and flower garlands is visible at the top. The water is shallow and churned by bathers pressing together.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water, many in white clothes, raising their arms and smiling during a holy dip. In the foreground a golden decorated palanquin-like structure is garlanded with marigolds, orange and yellow flowers, and green fern fronds. A tall golden trident rises from the centre of the crowd, and a man in white near it raises both hands. Partially visible devotees in the upper area are also wading in the water.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA large crowd stands waist-deep in water at a sacred tank, many people raising small golden shrine-shaped vessels with red cloth draped over them. In the centre a fair-haired man in white clothes and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace holds a gold kalasha-like vessel overhead. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes wears heavy gold ceremonial necklaces and smiles, and a woman in white with a grey braid holds a small gold vessel. Devotees in white and yellow-shawled men surround them, many holding up raised arms and vessels, while others are partly submerged in the water.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees bathes waist-deep in the orange-edged waters of a sacred tank. Many wear white dhotis and shirts, while several women wear red and saffron saris. A central figure in an orange-saffron garment wears a long red-and-white flower garland with gold accents and smiles broadly, held by two people in white. Several devotees hold ornate brass and silver kalasha vessels aloft, and water sprays up as hands are raised in greeting and folded in namaste. Some people are visible in the foreground, and a watermarked copyright overlay appears at the lower right.2010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in a red-steps tank, the sacred waters of Vaidya Sarovar, splashing and raising silver vessels and trays. Two men at centre wear red-orange clothing; the man in the middle wears a white and red flower garland and holds a silver tray, while the figure to his left has long dark hair and a red-orange garment with a gold necklace. Many men wear white shirts and some hold small silver kalasha-shaped pots aloft. A woman in pink stands in the foreground and an older woman in white is near the top. Many people are visible in the water.2010-01-02 +1 copies