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A 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.

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January 02 20102010-01-02A dense crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water at the Vaidya Sarovar, many dressed in white shirts and white dhotis with some in orange or red. Several hold up small golden or copper kalasha-style vessels with pyramidal lids, and a silver trident is raised at the upper right. Faces are visible throughout, with some smiling and others with hands raised or pressed together in prayer. The scene conveys a sacred holy dip with participants packed closely together 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 copiesCrowded holy dip in the sacred waters of a tank with a stone-edged ghat. Many people stand waist-deep in water wearing white ritual clothes, red sashes and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Central figure has long dark hair, an orange garment, a flower garland and holds a silver spoon-like ladle over a small brass bowl. Nearby devotees hold ornate golden kalasha pots aloft, and others have hands folded in prayer. Water reflects orange evening light. The scene is a ritual bathing and offering at a water tank.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA 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 copiesJune 09 20092009-06-09June 09 20092009-06-09A 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 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 photograph of devotees bathing waist-deep in a stone-walled tank of water, many smiling or shouting with joy. Most wear white shirts or orange and saffron garments, and some have red and white prayer threads or a red tilak on the forehead. A man in the centre wears a white shirt and a red tilak. A devotee at lower centre wears a garland of red and white flowers over a yellow shawl. On the right, a man in a white top holds a small tiered brick-like model in both hands, and a woman in orange stands at the upper right. Water splashes around the group.2010-01-02 +1 copiesDevotees stand waist-deep in a tank of greenish water, most dressed in white clothes that are soaked through. A red and white striped stepped wall edges the water at the top right, and a decorated structure with red and blue cloth, flowers and a brass vessel sits at the upper left. In the centre foreground, a figure in a red garment with a white flower garland faces the viewer, holding up a golden trident as devotees around them raise their hands in greeting. Many people smile and some raise arms, with a woman in a red top near the centre. Tiny printed text reading Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and appears as a copyright credit across the lower right, not as a readable caption of the scene. The people in the photo are the physical crowd2009-06-09A large crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water at a stone-edged tank, with a fountain spraying at the upper right and a trident-topped staff at the right edge. Many men wear white kurtas or shirts with yellow or red sashes, and several hold up golden-coloured kalasha pots with red cloth. At centre, a figure in orange-red robes with long dark hair holds a silver plate with a lit lamp, surrounded by others in white and red. Bald and grey-haired men and a few women in pale clothes are visible among the bathers, all immersed in the holy water.2010-01-02 +1 copies