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A photograph inside a dim temple passage with yellow-washed walls, where a man in a white shirt and white dhoti pours water from a metal bucket over a long-haired devotee in red clothing who holds a golden vessel. Beside them, a man in an orange saffron robe with wet, swept-back long hair and rudraksha beads stands with a silver trident, while others in red and orange clothing crowd around. A photographer in the background raises a camera. The people are soaked.

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July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph inside a temple shrine with yellow-washed walls. A man in a white dhoti pours water from a metal bucket over the head of a person in a red garment who holds a golden kalasha-like vessel. Beside them, a man in saffron robes and a saffron head cloth holds a silver trident and wears a gold-beaded necklace, while another man with wet hair and glasses stands at right. A cameraman in white raises a video camera overhead. The scene appears to be an abhishekam water ritual.2009-07-13A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing at a stone-walled temple area. A man with long wet dark hair, bare-shouldered in a red garment, bends forward while water is poured over his head from a large steel vessel held by a person at the top left, with a yellow rope hanging nearby. Beside him stands a man in an orange garment with a dark wrap and a rudraksha mala, and at right a bespectacled man wearing an orange turban, orange robe and a garland, holding a small brass cup. Behind them another person in white raises a ceremonial item. Water streams down in droplets. Three to four people are visible.2009-07-13A dim, yellow-walled temple interior during a water ritual. In the centre, a long-haired man with wet hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a rudraksha-style mala, stands with palms pressed together while another man in red-orange clothing pours from a gold kalasha vessel. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at left beside a water pipe. A trident-like brass staff is visible at upper centre. A photographer raises a camera above the crowd of devotees in orange and red garments. Appearance cues for the central long-haired figure are suggestive but the scene is dark and partly obscured, so identity is uncertain.2009-07-13A photograph of a ritual bathing scene at a stone well or tank. A man with long wet black hair and a rudraksha mala bows forward, wearing a sleeveless red garment that is soaked. A priest in white stands at left pouring water from a blue metal bucket over him. At right, a man in orange-saffron robes, a gold beaded necklace, a rudraksha mala and an orange head cloth holds a long silver staff. A cameraman in white films in the background, and the green-stained stone wall and tree are visible behind.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph at a temple entrance showing a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, wearing a gold ornate necklace over rudraksha beads and an orange-red cloth wrap, being doused with water poured from a metal pot. A man in a striped shirt and white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform, lifting a rope and pouring water from a bucket over him. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand beside: one in gold-bead garland holding a pole, the other in orange shawl smiling. Weathered whitewashed stone walls, a barred gate and a dim doorway frame the scene; a sunbeam slants through the air.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A figure with long dark wet hair bent forward while a man in a yellow shirt pours water from a metal vessel over their head at a stone bathing ledge against a weathered stone wall. The bent figure wears a red-orange garment with a rudraksha mala and a gold armlet. Behind them, a man in white with an orange shawl raises a camera overhead, and another devotee in orange robes stands at right. Water sprays and splashes around the scene.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13