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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.

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A photograph of a river scene with pale grey water and sun glinting on its surface. Four or more men wade waist-deep in the river, shirtless or in dark clothing, lifting a small orange-robed figure of a deity with a bow raised in one hand, standing on a platform or raft. Thin wooden poles driven into the water are linked by rope lines behind them. A partly visible man in light clothing and an orange cloth sits at the bottom right edge of the frame, and the dark silhouettes of the wading figures are sharp against the water.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. 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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.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.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. 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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.A riverbank immersion scene at a muddy water body with palms and a low wall behind. A woman with long dark wavy hair in an orange saree is seen from behind, holding a small brass pot and pouring water toward two floating clay images of deities lying on a wooden platform, one with a purple flower garland. Around her, men in saffron/orange robes stand on the bank; a bald man with glasses in an orange robe and shawl is clasping his hands, and a man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl and a mala holds a long bamboo staff. Colour powder smears on some faces and clothes. Petals and white cloth float on the water.2010-10-17