Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground with trees and a red-roofed building behind. A person in a white garment is lifted with arms raised while water is splashed over them from buckets and basins held by a crowd. Around them, many onlookers in white shirts, blue and red tops watch and laugh; a girl in white crouches near a blue tub. Two white parked vehicles and tall red poles frame the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground with trees and a red-roofed building behind. A person in a white garment is lifted with arms raised while water is splashed over them from buckets and basins held by a crowd. Around them, many onlookers in white shirts, blue and red tops watch and laugh; a girl in white crouches near a blue tub. Two white parked vehicles and tall red poles frame the scene.

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December 13 2011

Outdoor ground scene with a fine water spray arcing through bright daylight. A man in a dark short-sleeved shirt stands in the centre holding a long wooden stick raised overhead, water droplets flying around him. Around him a crowd of men and women in white and light shirts watches; a woman in the foreground wears a white top and holds a blue bucket. Two tall red poles frame the scene, with a red-roofed building, parked cars and a van behind a hedge.

Outdoor photo on a dusty ground at an ashram campus, with a tall rust-coloured metal frame holding a hanging red vessel with a yellow top that pours water down. Several people in white ritual clothing, some bare-chested with gold-bordered white cloths and rudraksha necklaces, stand and bathe under the falling water. Others in shirts, a pink salwar and a red top gather with plastic buckets and blue barrels nearby. Single-storey brick buildings with green roofs, palm trees and a parked red van and white car fill the background under hazy sky.

Outdoor scene on a bare reddish-brown dirt ground after rain, with puddles and wet earth. Several participants in white clothes splash and pour water on one another, some holding red and blue plastic cups and containers. Water sprays through the air near a tall vertical pole. Behind them a large crowd of spectators in casual clothing, including children, stands watching under a hazy sky with trees and a white van in the background. A few participants wear light blue t-shirts and yellow sashes. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.

December 13 2011

Outdoor Janmashtami-style game on bare dusty ground under an overcast sky. A tall rust-coloured metal frame holds a clay pot hanging from a rope, and a cluster of people in white and yellow clothes surge around it, splashing coloured water and spraying dust. A woman in a purple top and dark trousers swings a stick toward the pot while a man in white kurta with a yellow scarf reaches toward the blue drums beside him. Children in red and pink and adults in white crowd the scene, many holding plastic buckets and mugs.

Outdoor photo of a Janmashtami dahi handi-style celebration on a muddy, wet ground under an overcast sky. A man in white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow waist cord leaps high in the air, arm raised toward a clay pot hung on a rope between two tall red-brown poles. Around him, devotees in white and yellow-sashed white clothes stand and gesture, some holding green and pink colored powder or water. A bald man in white stands nearby, and a child in grey is at right. Spectators in the background include a woman in a teal headscarf and people in casual clothes. Blue plastic drums and small containers sit at right, and metal poles and a tree appear in the distance.

Outdoor scene on a dusty red-earth ground where many people in white t-shirts and white dhotis or light trousers are gathered around large blue plastic drums. Several men in blue and white shirts pour water from buckets and cups, spraying water into the air. A green hose runs along the ground toward the drums. Onlookers in white, orange and blue saris stand behind, with parked vehicles, a low wall, trees and a red-roofed building in the background.

Outdoor photograph of a Janmashtami-style pot-breaking scene on a dusty clearing under heavy grey clouds. Two tall vertical poles frame the area, with a clay pot hanging high at the top. Several people in white dhotis and white kurtas are soaked and splashing water from blue and green buckets, while one bare-chested man in white trousers leaps mid-air swinging a wooden stick. Spectators in kurtas, salwar and saris, including a woman in a blue outfit and a woman in a pink sari, stand watching at the edge. A brick compound wall and tall eucalyptus trees appear behind. Whether any figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.

A photograph of an outdoor ashram gathering on dusty ground under a cloudy sky. A metal gantry holds a hanging clay pot on a rope, and a long rope runs diagonally from it to the right, pulled by a line of people in white and light clothing. A bare-headed figure in a dripping white wrap and a pink-edged cloth, appearing soaked, is mid-air or leaping beneath the pot, while women in saris and a man in orange and red robes stand nearby, some holding blue barrels and tossing water. Spectators in white, grey and orange stand in the background. No clearly recognisable a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance, so identity is uncertain.

Outdoor scene on bare dirt ground under a heavy grey overcast sky during a Dahi Handi style game. A hanging clay pot is suspended between two tall reddish poles at upper centre. A man in an all-white kurta and white dhoti, barefoot and mid-jump, swings a stick toward the pot while water sprays in an arc around him. Several people around the edges, in white, orange, pink and blue clothing, hold green, red and turquoise buckets and pour water toward the jumping man. A blue barrel sits at the left edge beside a person in a blue top and grey trousers, and a person in an orange robe stands near the left.

Outdoor festival scene on bare sandy ground. A man in a white t-shirt and jeans stands in the centre, mid-jump, with water splashing around him as a pot hangs from a rope between two tall red poles; another man in white with a yellow sash swings a stick and sprays water from a blue bucket toward him. Several blue plastic drums sit in a row in front, and a crowd of onlookers in white, yellow and blue clothing stands behind. Colourful striped umbrellas and a pink-and-maroon canopy stand in the background, with a Nithyananda Youth Foundation banner at left and a white bus labelled Nithyanandam at right.