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Several people bathe waist-deep in a river with murky greenish water, with black floating buoys or pontoons visible at the top of the frame. A young man in a green t-shirt and black shorts stands in the center, pushing wet hair back with both hands. Beside him a bare-chested man rubs his face, a shirtless boy in the foreground wears a red thread necklace, and other men and boys stand or swim nearby, some partially submerged.

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Photograph of a group of men and boys bathing in the river at Gaga Ghat, Varanasi, with many partly submerged in shallow brown water. Most are shirtless, some in dark swim trunks or briefs; one young boy in a green t-shirt and dark shorts sits in the water at right, and a boy at left smiles while wading. Behind them a long red steel bridge spans the river above a line of large black pontoon floats and a moored barge. No a person appearance is visible and no one can be identified in the scene.May 18 20152015-05-18May 18 20152015-05-18A photograph of a group standing waist-deep in a muddy river with a moored barge and large black buoys behind them. A man in the centre-right wears a black long-sleeved shirt, black trousers and a red-orange beaded necklace, with both arms spread wide as if speaking to the group. Beside him a man in a white vest presses his palms together at his forehead, and another man bare-chested with a dark cord necklace also has his hands folded. A woman in a black swimsuit stands near the middle, and a man with a black swimsuit at the far left is partly submerged. A grey-haired man in glasses and a black shirt stands at the far right with his arms crossed. Sunlight glints on the brownish water.2015-05-18Five men are bathing and playing in the shallow brown river water near a riverbank, with a wooden boat with a purple cover and two rowers at upper left and a large grey vessel at upper right. A man in a white sleeveless vest and a beaded necklace stands at centre raising his fists and smiling, while a bare-chested man at left with a grey-smeared torso and a cord necklace claps his hands together. Others are partly submerged in the water, one in a dark top and one bare-chested with long hair. The setting is a riverside bathing scene during daylight, with a taut rope stretched across the water.2015-05-18May 18 20152015-05-18A crowd of men bathes in a river, splashing water near stone steps and a blue structure. Several men wear white sleeveless undershirts and some are bare-chested. One man in front, wearing a white vest, bends forward with hands cupped near his face as water sprays around him. Another man at left raises his hands and smiles. Onlookers stand on the steps in the background.2014-07-27May 18 20152015-05-18May 18 20152015-05-18May 18 20152015-05-18A photograph of men bathing in a broad, greenish river at a holy confluence. Roughly a dozen shirtless or lightly clothed men swim, dip and wade across the rippling water, some with hands raised to their heads, some splashing. The scene is bright and open, with no temple, a person or ritual objects visible.2007-02-02A photograph of men and boys bathing in a river at the Kumbhamela site in T. Narasipura, Karnataka. Bamboo poles and a bamboo framework stretch across the water in the upper left. Roughly a dozen bare-chested men and boys wade or swim in greenish water, with a few partly submerged and a few splashing. In the foreground, two boys in light clothing stand on the bank watching. Some swimmers wear red or dark shorts. No swami or deity is visible in the scene.2007-02-02