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A photograph of a temple well or tank ritual at an outdoor temple courtyard under a blue sky. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti pulls a yellow rope that lowers a silver bucket into a stone basin, drawing water. Beside him, a shirtless man with long dark hair and many rudraksha malas wrapped around his neck and arms stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, smiling. Another shirtless devotee with tied-up hair and red cloth stands behind him, and more people in white and red clothing gather in the background near worn stone pillars. Water splashes down the bucket.

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April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a water-pouring ritual at a temple well or tank. A man in a white dhoti and shirt, wearing a blue cord around his neck, pours water from a metal bucket on a yellow rope into a basin. Beneath the pouring, a long-haired man with dark rudraksha malas stands with clasped hands as water runs over his head. Beside him, another man in orange-red cloth and rudraksha beads stands with hands raised. A crowd of around fifteen devotees, many bare-chested with orange cloths and malas, and some women in saris and white clothing, surrounds the scene beside a white carved temple wall with green foliage.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing scene under green trees. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at right, pouring water from a steel vessel with a yellow rope handle over the head of a bearded man with long, wet dark hair and dark brown robes, who presses his hands together in prayer. Around them, bare-chested men wear orange dhotis and rudraksha malas, a woman in white stands smiling, and a shirtless boy holds a plastic water bottle. Water splashes around the group.2018-04-29A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing scene. In the centre, a man with long dreadlocks and a dark wet shawl kneels with palms pressed together while water is poured over him from a metal vessel held by a man in orange-red cloth wearing a yellow-thread sacred cord. Around him a crowd of devotees stands on a red-tiled floor: a bare-chested man with rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, a woman in dark teal sari with rudraksha mala, a woman in maroon top with rudraksha, a man in white with a blue-and-gold shawl, and others with hands folded in prayer. A man in white cloth stands at the left edge. Concrete walls and a blue tarp are behind the crowd. The scene suggests a sacred water abhishekam at a temple tank or bathing area.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked black hair and rudraksha malas on his neck and wrist, his palms pressed together in prayer as water pours over his head from a metal vessel suspended above him by a yellow rope. Another person in white stands close beside him, and a second figure with a red rudraksha mala is visible at right. Bright sunlight and a stone structure with orange cloth form the background.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29Photograph of a devotee being bathed with water poured from a metal bucket held by a man at right, outdoors on a red tiled floor beside green shrubs and a beige stone wall. The central figure has long wet dark hair and a heavy rudraksha mala, kneeling with hands pressed together as water runs over him. Around him stand people in orange and red robes, a man in white kurta with rudraksha beads, a smiling man with a red tilak and rudraksha mala, and a man in white dhoti with gold border. The water is poured with a yellow cord tied to the bucket.2018-04-29