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Four shaven-headed men stand chest-deep in water at night, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with gold borders, palms pressed together in anjali. Rudraksha malas hang on their chests, and one wears a red-brown band on his upper arm. Behind them a red draped platform stands over the water, and a crowd in white clothes sits in tiered rows lit by lamps and red banners beyond a railing. The scene reads as a water ritual at a temple tank or river ghat.

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December 23 20162016-12-23Five shaved-headed men in white dhotis with gold borders stand waist-deep in water with palms pressed together in namaskar, bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas. Behind them a red draped canopy stands over the water, and a large audience fills tiered seating in the background. Orange-and-white garlands hang along the railing at the right. The men appear to be priests or devotees performing a water ritual during the evening celebration.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23 +1 copiesFour shaved-headed men in white dhotis with gold borders stand waist-deep in dark water with palms pressed together in anjali, shirtless, wearing rudraksha malas and vibhuti marks. Behind them a red draped platform rises above the water, and a tiered stand of seated devotees in white fills the background. Their eyes are closed or lowered in prayer.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Three shaved-headed male devotees stand in water with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, facing forward. They are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with yellow borders and rudraksha malas around their necks, with sandalwood or vibhuti markings on their foreheads and yellow-and-orange threads on their arms. Behind them hangs a red cloth canopy over a river or pool. The scene appears to be a ritual bathing or water ceremony. None of the visible men is identified as a person; they are shown as devotees in ritual attire.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Three bare-chested men in white dhotis with gold borders stand in a row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, faces lifted in devotion before a red draped canopy. Each wears a rudraksha mala, and their foreheads and arms are marked with white vibhuti or sandalwood paste. The man in the centre has a small red tilak and a rudraksha mala with a pendant. Their attire and posture suggest a temple or ashram ritual; no identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Elevated view of a ritual bathing ceremony at a stone-stepped tank or ghat. Five shaved-headed men stand in a row on the steps in white dhotis with saffron or gold borders, bare-chested, with rudraksha malas, palms pressed together in prayer, a microphone stand before them. Women in saffron and yellow saris wade in the green water behind them, some with hands folded. Along the steps in the foreground seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing sit beside black stone shivalingams and brass kalashas. A raised red-draped platform with a gold seat and marigold garlands stands at the top right. Scene suggests abhishekam or ritual immersion.2016-12-23Four shaven-headed sannyasi-style monks in rust-orange and saffron wraps with rudraksha mala necklaces stand in close row with palms raised in a devotional gesture, eyes closed. Behind them a seated audience in white and orange clothing fills the blurred background, several also with hands raised. The setting is dim and nocturnal, consistent with an evening satsang gathering. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the foreground monks.2014-09-14