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Devotees stand waist-deep in a temple tank of dark water, bathing beside steel handrails and a pink-painted stone pillar with a white-tiled wall behind. Several bare-chested men wear orange or saffron cloths, one wears a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a dark sari stands among them. Two wooden or stone pillar stumps rise from the water, one with a small flower offering. Another man in white dhoti and white shirt walks on the steps at top right. Nothing here establishes a person's presence.

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A photograph of devotees bathing waist-deep in a temple tank of murky water at a stepped ghat. In the foreground a shirtless man in an orange cloth wrapped around his waist stands with hands folded at his chest, and beside him a bald man in a white dhoti stands in the water. Behind them a man with long hair and an orange-saffron cloth lifts his hands to his face, and a woman in a dark blouse holds a phone. A pink-painted stone pillar and metal railings line the steps, with a white-tiled building behind and a figure in white walking on the upper platform. Visible people number about six, all partially in view.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copiesA photograph of a group of people bathing in a waist-deep temple tank at the Rameshwaram sacred waters, with pink-painted stone pillars and metal railings around the pool. Several men stand in the water, including a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a man in orange and ochre cloth, with a second bearded man in saffron wrap and beads beside him, hands pressed in namaskar. A white-haired older woman in a dark blouse and an older man stand nearby, and an older woman in a wet cloth faces the group. Onlookers in shirts stand along the tiled edge above. Water ripples in the foreground, indicating a ritual dip.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesPhotograph of a group of devotees standing waist-deep in water at a stone-walled tirtha bathing area, with a pink-painted pillar and metal railings. In the centre, a man with long hair and a beard, wearing a saffron cloth and a rudraksha mala, presses his palms together in prayer. Beside him, a bare-chested man with a beard and rudraksha malas holds his hands in anjali, and a bare-chested man in orange cloth stands behind. A small stone lingam-like object with a flower sits in the water in front, and onlookers line the upper wall in the background. Several people in the water appear to be taking a ritual dip.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29A photograph taken at a waterside steps area with metal railings and concrete pillars. In the foreground, a man standing waist-deep in grey-green water with his palms pressed together in prayer, bare-chested with a dark cloth around the waist. Beside him, an older man with grey hair and a white cloth draped over his shoulders stands in the water with hands folded. Behind them on the steps, a group of men stand watching, several bare-chested, some wearing white dhotis, one in a yellow shawl and a dark rudraksha-style mala, another in a green cloth. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a red and white sari stand near the top left. Ritual dip or sacred bathing at a temple tank or sea steps; a stone rock sits at lower left. Some faces are visible but no one is identified.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copiesA photograph of devotees bathing in a stone-walled sacred tank at a temple. Several shirtless men stand waist-deep in the water, wearing saffron-orange cloths and layered rudraksha malas; several have matted hair and one has tilak marks on the forehead. Two men at centre-right have their palms pressed together in anjali mudra. At the left, a woman in a red-brown sari stands behind a rock smeared with turmeric and garlanded with yellow and pink flowers, and another flower-garlanded rock stands in the foreground. Pink pillars and a metal railing frame the tank.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copies