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A photograph of a ceremonial gathering under a white canopy with a red drape backdrop. In the centre, a young man in orange-saffron robes and a beaded necklace raises a bunch of green leaves overhead, sprinkling water, while holding a woven basket-wrapped pot in his other hand. Around him, many people in white and cream clothing move along a carpeted aisle, including children in white shirts and dhotis, women in cream sarees, and a bare-chested boy with white markings on his torso holding a brass plate. Yellow cloth bags and gold-coloured barriers line the aisle. The scene appears to be a ritual procession with water sprinkling.

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Photo inside a tented hall with a red drape backdrop and ceiling fans. In the centre, a man with curly hair, bare-chested under an orange saffron cloth, pours water from a green leaf over a brass kalasha held in a woven basket. Around him, people in white dhotis, white shirts and gold-bordered white saris stand close together, including a boy in a white shirt and red neck cloth and a young man in white. Light background crowd of onlookers.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of a ritual gathering inside a tent with red draped fabric backdrop and a white canopy above. In the foreground, a man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with curly hair holds a metal vessel in one arm and flings green cloth outward, spraying water in a fine arc. Around him, men and women in white traditional clothes stand and sit; a bare-chested boy with wet hair receives the water, and several young participants in white dhotis sit on the floor. Brass railings line the left side. Many people are seated and standing across the scene, with a man in white at the back center.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03December 02 20162016-12-02April 03 20172017-04-03March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a ritual at an outdoor pavilion. In the foreground a bare-chested man in an orange cloth draped over his shoulder holds a white woven-wrapped pot in his left hand and sprinkles water from a bundle of green mango or leafy twigs held in his raised right arm, sending a spray of droplets through the air. Behind him a large seated crowd of men in white dhotis and white shawls, many bare-chested with sacred threads and beaded necklaces, sits on the ground. Bright floodlights and metal fencing frame the scene under a canopy.2017-08-07A man stands with his back to the camera in an orange cloth draped over one shoulder, raising a bunch of green leaves high while water sprays from them in a fine arc. He wears a beaded necklace and has curly dark hair. In front of him, a young boy in white with white marks on his arms stands beside seated devotees, many in white dhotis with sandalwood or ash marks on their foreheads and chests. Behind them a red draped curtain fills the background, with a few seated people in white, a gold-edged cloth, and gold-coloured pillars at the left edge. The scene appears to be a ritual sprinkling with leaves during a ceremony.2017-04-03A young man with curly dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, stands with his back to the camera and raises a green mango-leaf bundle above a white woven pot in his other hand, sprinkling water in a purification rite. Water droplets spray through the air in front of a long red drape. Seated devotees in white and a few in orange wrap sit on the floor before him, including a shaved-headed child in the foreground and a bare-chested man at right. Golden railings and a stage edge frame the lower left.2017-04-03