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Photograph at a riverbank. In the water stands a figure in an orange-red garment with a long dark hair, holding a staff-like object, appearing to be a deity murti or a standing figure. On the shore, several people watch: a shirtless man in striped shorts with hands on hips, a white-robed elderly man with long grey hair and a yellow and striped shawl, an older man in a maroon top and white dhoti, a boy in a yellow shirt, a young man in a white dhoti, and others in the water and seated on straw-covered ground. Sandals and bundles lie near the water's edge.

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Photograph of a river ritual at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela. A small painted deity murti in an orange-red garment is carried above the water by several bare-chested men wading in the river, one of whom stoops at the left. Bamboo poles with rope strung between them form a barrier in the water. On the shore, a man in a light vest and blue checked shirt stands with a bag, a shirtless man in striped shorts faces the water, and a woman in black stands near an elderly bearded man in white with a yellow shawl. A man in red cloth is partly visible at right. Dry straw covers the bank.A photograph taken at a river bank during a Kumbh Mela event. Several bare-chested men wade waist-deep in grey-green water, hoisting a painted deity murti on a wooden platform above their heads. The murti wears an orange-red garment, a crown-like headdress, and holds a bow and arrow. Bamboo poles and a rope line run across the water behind them. Onlookers stand on the shore in the foreground, including a man in a yellow t-shirt and a bare-chested man in striped shorts, with another person in red at right. The scene appears to be a ritual immersion of the murti in the river.A photograph taken over water at dusk or dawn, showing a river with a silvery, rippled surface. Four to five men stand waist-deep in the water, silhouetted and shirtless, holding up a flat platform above their heads on which a small deity murti stands. The murti wears an orange-red dhoti or cloth and holds a bow or staff upright, with a dark topknot. Thin vertical poles and a rope line the water around the group. The men are in shadow and their faces are not visible. No readable text appears in the scene itself, and a faint decorative purple logo sits in the upper left corner.Photograph at a riverbank during a bathing gathering, with wooden stakes and a rope fence standing in the water behind. A small Rama-like deity murti in an orange garment holds a bow and is carried above the crowd by a shirtless young man wading in the river. Around it, several men and boys in dhotis and shirts crowd the shallows, and a man with long grey hair in white clothing stands near the middle holding a tablet. Others sit or stand on straw-covered ground among heaps of clothes and sandals. A bucket sits on the bank.Men wade waist-deep in a river, carrying a small deity murti in an orange-red garment above the water. A standing figure with dark hair and a bow-like object is held aloft by several bare-chested men in dhoti-style lower cloth, while others on the bank watch. Wooden poles and a rope fence run across the water, and the sunlit surface is bright with glare. Several onlookers stand in the foreground, including a man in a yellow t-shirt and a bare-chested man with his hand on his hip. Ritual immersion of a murti in river water.A photograph taken over water at the Kumbh Mela. In the centre, three men stand waist-deep in the river, holding up a small wooden platform on which a small statue of a figure in orange robes stands drawing a bow. Two more men stand in the water to the left and right, bare-chested and wearing dhotis, beside wooden stakes and a rope fence. The water is grey and reflects sunlight. In the lower right corner, a partly visible person in orange clothing is at the edge of the frame. No figure in the scene can be identified as a person; the statue is a deity murti with a bow, shown as an image carried in the river.June 04 20162016-06-04June 04 20162016-06-04June 04 20162016-06-04June 02 20162016-06-02June 02 20162016-06-02June 02 20162016-06-02