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Outdoors on a muddy, puddled ground, a smiling young man in a white t-shirt and white dhoti, wearing a beaded necklace, lifts a terracotta pot with a white three-stripe mark while a woman in a dark top reaches to receive it over a large blue plastic drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white and blue stands, and a woman in a yellow sari holds a long wooden pole at right. Corrugated sheds and a tall pole appear in the background.

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December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25A large outdoor gathering at a ritual site under a canopy edged with red and yellow tassels. In the foreground a person with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a white flower garland, stands with their back to the camera beside a blue plastic drum of water. Several devotees in white shirts and white dhotis hold buckets and pour water in a flurry of spray, while a man in white kurta and trousers stands near the centre. A large crowd of people in white and light clothing watches from behind metal poles, and a sheet-metal structure and trees fill the background. A woman in white at right holds a camera. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style water ritual, though the exact rite is not clearly labelled.2009-12-25Outdoor photo of a large crowd gathered under a canopy hung with colourful tassels and netting at a muddy open ground. In the centre, a man in white clothes raises a clay pot or kalasha overhead while people stand around blue plastic drums of water. Women in white saris and yellow-bordered garments, some with bindis and gold jewellery, lean forward smiling and reach toward the water. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand in the background, and there are white vehicles and shed structures beyond. Many people are visible, so the scene is busy and large.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoors on muddy ground under a red canopy trimmed with colourful tassels, a crowd of men and women in white clothes gathers around large blue plastic drums of water. A pulley rope hangs from the canopy with a small clay pot suspended from it, and a man in white with a yellow waist cloth pulls the rope. Others in white hold plastic buckets and pour water, while a woman in a white sari stands at the right holding a mobile phone. Onlookers and a row of children stand behind, with structures and tents in the distance under hazy sky. a person is not clearly identifiable in the scene.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25A crowded outdoor scene at a sandy, muddy ground where devotees in white clothes and blue shirts pour water from plastic jugs into large blue plastic drums. A red and gold canopy with tassels is overhead, and a rope hangs down the middle. A woman with long dark hair wearing an orange top and a flower garland stands in the left foreground, her back to the camera. A man in a white dhoti pours water mid-air in a splash, and a large crowd of onlookers, many in white, stands behind a metal fence under a bright sky.2009-12-25