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A photograph at a temple entrance showing a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, wearing a gold ornate necklace over rudraksha beads and an orange-red cloth wrap, being doused with water poured from a metal pot. A man in a striped shirt and white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform, lifting a rope and pouring water from a bucket over him. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand beside: one in gold-bead garland holding a pole, the other in orange shawl smiling. Weathered whitewashed stone walls, a barred gate and a dim doorway frame the scene; a sunbeam slants through the air.

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A photograph at a temple, with a man in a white dhoti and shirt on the left pouring water from a steel vessel over the head of a person bent forward in front of a golden pot, water streaming down. Beside them, several devotees in orange and red saffron robes and a few in white stand in a narrow, wall-lined passage under a mesh-covered ceiling. On the right, a bald man in orange robes and glasses with a folded orange cloth on his head stands close, observing the ablution, which resembles an abhishekam. Other devotees in orange and red clothing are visible in the background, and the scene has a plain, weathered stone setting.2009-07-13A 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.2009-07-13A 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 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.2009-07-13A photograph inside a dim temple passage with yellow-washed walls, where a man in a white shirt and white dhoti pours water from a metal bucket over a long-haired devotee in red clothing who holds a golden vessel. Beside them, a man in an orange saffron robe with wet, swept-back long hair and rudraksha beads stands with a silver trident, while others in red and orange clothing crowd around. A photographer in the background raises a camera. The people are soaked.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph inside a temple courtyard where a man in a striped orange-and-white shirt and white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform, holding a rope-pulled water pour over a silver trishul-topped fixture. Below it a bare-chested man with long wet dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands in a wet orange cloth, water running over him, as he bends forward with hands extended. Around him stand several men in orange robes and a young man in an orange shawl, along with other figures in the background near a doorway and iron grille, with dim stone architecture around them. A probable Swamiji figure is visible: the central bare-chested man has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace while being bathed.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13