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Outdoor scene on muddy ground beneath a red umbrella with tasselled fringe. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange garment and a white flower garland, pulls up a rope to lift a metal bucket from a blue barrel. Several blue plastic drums hold water. Around them, men and women in white shirts and dhotis, some with yellow scarves, stand and gather water. A large crowd of onlookers stands behind a line of poles and a red-roofed building. Water pooled on the ground reflects the sky.

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December 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.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor scene at a ground with muddy earth beside a red umbrella with fringed tassels. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands center, arms raised, beside a hanging pot on a rope. Around him, men and women in white and yellow-trimmed clothes hold small containers and buckets, and blue plastic drums sit in the foreground. A large crowd of onlookers stands behind. A person in orange with a white flower garland is at lower left, and a woman in white with yellow sash is at right. The setting looks like a community water-pouring or pot-hanging activity. The a person appearance is not clearly established here.2009-12-25Outdoor photo of a well-attended ritual at a dusty open ground under a large red canopy with fringed tassels. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair wears an orange garment and a white flower garland, seen from behind, with a bucket of water and a blue barrel in front. To the right, a woman in white with a yellow sash stands near a second blue barrel and claps. Several men in white dhotis and yellow sashes hold small buckets and pour or transfer water near a hanging rope and a dangling clay pot. Behind them a crowd of spectators in mixed clothing watches, with a metal-framed structure and trees in the distance.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor ritual scene at a dusty ground with puddles. In the foreground, a figure in an orange-saffron garment with a white floral garland and long dark hair stands beside a blue plastic barrel, holding a rope. Behind, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes splash water from blue barrels, one pouring from a pot. A rope and pulley hang from a tall pole under a red umbrella with tasselled fringe. A large crowd of men, women and children in white and mixed clothing watches from the background under a hazy sky.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25