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A photograph of a temple scene under a corrugated metal roof with wooden beams, carved stone pillars visible at left. A young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange cloth, holds a raised arm and sprinkles water from a vessel onto a group. He wears rudraksha malas and a gold ceremonial necklace; he is smiling. Water sprays onto a man in an orange shirt with glasses and a pendant, and onto a bald man in a white dhoti. At left, a woman in a blue sari with gold trim holds cupped hands out to receive water, and another woman in a brown top with a white shawl holds a water bottle. A man in a grey shirt stands behind. The 'probable' a person candidate is the young man in saffron with long swept-back hair, rudraksha and gold necklace, who is performing the sprinkling as the central figure.

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July 13 20092009-07-13April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing at a stone-walled temple area. A man with long wet dark hair, bare-shouldered in a red garment, bends forward while water is poured over his head from a large steel vessel held by a person at the top left, with a yellow rope hanging nearby. Beside him stands a man in an orange garment with a dark wrap and a rudraksha mala, and at right a bespectacled man wearing an orange turban, orange robe and a garland, holding a small brass cup. Behind them another person in white raises a ceremonial item. Water streams down in droplets. Three to four people are visible.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A figure with long dark wet hair bent forward while a man in a yellow shirt pours water from a metal vessel over their head at a stone bathing ledge against a weathered stone wall. The bent figure wears a red-orange garment with a rudraksha mala and a gold armlet. Behind them, a man in white with an orange shawl raises a camera overhead, and another devotee in orange robes stands at right. Water sprays and splashes around the scene.2009-07-13Photo inside a small temple shrine with a corrugated metal roof, wooden beams, and weathered whitewashed walls. A bare-chested man with long, dark, swept-back hair wears a red-orange cloth and a rudraksha-style mala with gold ornaments; he is bowing with both palms pressed to his forehead. A younger man in orange robes holds a gold-coloured bowl. Behind them stand several men in white dhotis and shirts, one in an orange shawl with a green bag, and an older man in an olive shirt on the left. A silver trishul sits in the foreground. The appearance of the figure in red-orange cloth with the long hair and gold necklaces is a probable match for a person, but the image is not a clear identification.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13January 17 20082008-01-17A photo of a smiling young man in white traditional clothes standing beside a carved stone pillar under a temple-style pavilion with a corrugated roof. A robed figure in saffron-orange garments with a beaded necklace raises one arm and pours or places something over his head, while another person in brown-orange robes holds a brass pot and smiles nearby. A stone lingam-like base stands in the foreground beside red drapes and green leaves.2008-01-17Photograph of a rain-soaked outdoor gathering after a holy bath. At centre, a smiling man in a wet maroon-and-gold dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and heavy gold ceremonial necklace, holds two white lotus flowers and raises one hand in greeting. Beside him, a bald man in a maroon shawl with gold necklaces smiles. At left, a bare-chested man in white dhoti and orange shawl with rudraksha malas raises his arm. Behind them, devotees in white and maroon, some with wet hair and smeared white forehead markings, stand under orange umbrellas.2015-09-18 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a ritual water offering at a rural site with dry ground and a white building behind. A central man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a long rudraksha mala and a gold-bordered shawl, pouring water from his cupped hands over a small plant or sapling while a hose-like pipe is held by a man in a checked shirt beside him. Around them, a woman in orange with a bindi and a mala, a shaved-headed young man in white dhoti with gold border, and a woman in red and orange stand watching. A trident-like staff and a green tree appear at the top. a person appearance cues: long hair, orange saffron clothing and rudraksha mala on the central figure.2012-04-02