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Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a long colonnaded stone wall, with palm trees and a gopuram tower behind. A man in a white shirt and dhoti on the right pours water from a metal pot on a rope into a stone well or tank. In the centre, a young man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl, with a long gold-and-white garland and a rudraksha mala, stands with head lowered as water is poured over him. Around him are devotees in saffron-orange robes, several with malas and a shawl, and women in white saris with gold borders. A trident (trishul) stands at the left. Red brick paving runs through the scene.

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July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13Outdoor temple scene with palm trees and a golden-domed shrine behind. A man in a white shirt and blue lungi holds a metal pot high and pours water over a golden kalasha-like vessel held by a sannyasi in orange-red robes and a saffron head wrap. Beside him, a long-haired man in orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala holds the vessel, while a man in an orange-red robe and garland stands near. A man in white dhoti stands at left and a woman in a white sari with red border stands at right, watching. The action appears to be a ritual water offering at a temple.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph of a temple well ritual at a stone-pillared colonnade. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long wet dark hair and a red cloth stands at the rim while a group pours water over him from brass vessels; he wears a gold necklace. Beside him a man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head cloth holds a ceremonial vessel, and another man in orange robes stands with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Several young men and women in white and red-orange garments with yellow sashes stand around, some holding brass bowls, and a cameraman in a checked shirt and white dhoti films with a camera on a pole. Crowd members line the background, and the setting is a stone well enclosure with worn pillars.2009-07-13A photograph taken inside a temple courtyard with weathered stone walls and an iron-grilled doorway. In the centre, a man with wet hair and a long gold necklace with rudraksha beads stands in a saffron-red cloth, leaning forward as water pours over his head from a bucket hung on a rope. Beside him a trident stands upright. A barefoot man in a striped orange-and-white shirt and white dhoti holds the rope and pours water. Several young people in orange-red robes and saffron shawls stand behind and to the right, and a priest in white with a yellow cloth is visible through the grille. The central figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone; the page names a person, but the figure's cues are not distinctive enough to confirm it.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A crowded temple courtyard with weathered stone pillars under a covered colonnade and a corrugated metal roof on the right. Devotees bathe by pouring water from a stone well-basin; a man in a long-sleeved striped shirt and white dhoti stands on the raised edge pouring water, while a bearded man in orange-red robes and a rudraksha mala bends forward, head wet with water, hands raised to his face. A young man in a white shirt and yellow shawl and women in white and saffron saris stand nearby, some with hands joined in prayer. A man in a white shirt and dhoti at the back holds a gold-coloured garland, and a trident-topped staff rises at the right edge. Several people in saffron and orange clothing are visible around the basin.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13