A crowd of devotees wades in water, many in white clothes, some with arms raised and smiling. At centre, a young man with long dark hair wears a red garment and a thick white and red flower garland, smiling as people reach toward him. Behind him a figure in a red-orange cloth stands in the water. A golden trident is held on the left edge, and a bare-armed woman in pink smiles nearby. - Nithyanandapedia

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A crowd of devotees wades in water, many in white clothes, some with arms raised and smiling. At centre, a young man with long dark hair wears a red garment and a thick white and red flower garland, smiling as people reach toward him. Behind him a figure in a red-orange cloth stands in the water. A golden trident is held on the left edge, and a bare-armed woman in pink smiles nearby.

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A crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water, many in white ritual clothes and rudraksha malas, some in orange and red garments, arms raised and smiling. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a white and red flower garland and a red top, standing among the devotees. A golden trident is held upright near the top of the frame. Several people behind him wear white and red clothing, and a woman in orange-red wears a red bindi. The water is dark and calm around the group.

A large crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water, many in white ritual clothes and some in red garments. A central figure with long wet black hair, wearing a red garment and a white flower garland, is submerged in the water and turned toward a golden trident held upright by another devotee in white. Smiling men and a woman in red surround them, with a rudraksha-style mala visible on one man. The setting appears to be a river or sacred water body with a sense of ritual immersion.

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A photograph of a crowd standing waist-deep in water, mostly dressed in white wet clothing. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears a red top and a white and red flower garland, arms raised and mouth open in an exuberant expression, with water splashing near his hand. A tall golden trident is held up at the upper right. Other people around him in white and red garments, some with rudraksha malas, look on.

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A photograph of a crowd of people standing waist-deep in water, many with raised arms and smiling. A central man with long dark hair wears a white and red flower garland and a red top, laughing with arms outstretched. To the right, a man in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha mala stands beside a tall golden staff topped with an ornate finial. Many others in white clothes, red and pink shirts, and a yellow cloth surround them, with a woman in a white-trimmed garment and an older woman in white on the right. The water is calm and light blue-grey in the background.