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Four men stand waist-deep in shallow sea water at a beach, performing a ritual offering. The central man wears a rust-red garment, multiple layered rudraksha malas across his chest, rudraksha bracelets on his wrists and upper arms, and a white tilak with a red centre on his forehead; he holds a silver tray of flowers and fruit and looks down. To his left, a man in orange cloth holds a brass kalasha vessel. To the right, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a dark turban presses his palms together, while a man in white dhoti with a gold border stands behind. Sunlight glints on the rippling water and onlookers stand on the shore.

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Photo of a group of men standing waist-deep in shallow sea water at a beach, performing an offering. A central man in a rust-red robe with many rudraksha malas across his chest and arms holds a metal tray of flowers and fruit, with white sandal-paste marks on his forehead. To his left, a bearded man in orange cloth holds a brass pot. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border presses his palms together in namaskar. Others in the background stand on the sand. a person candidate: the central man has long dark hair and a rudraksha-adorned robe, but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a water ritual at a sandy shoreline. A man with long dreadlocks, wearing a rust-red cloth and layered rudraksha malas on his neck and arms, stands waist-deep in shallow water bending forward to offer a silver plate of bananas, flowers and other offerings. Beside him an attendant in orange-saffron cloth holds a brass pot with both hands, while a shirtless man in a white dhoti with gold border stands behind with hands folded at chest. Other men in orange and white garments with tilak and ash markings stand nearby in the water, and a few onlookers in casual clothes stand on the beach.2018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28Outdoor photo at a shoreline where a central figure kneels low over shallow, rippling water, hands touching the surface. He has long dreadlocked black hair, a red-and-white tilak across his forehead, and is draped in red-orange cloth with multiple strands of rudraksha malas at neck and wrists. Behind him, a man in orange cloth holds a brass pot and wears rudraksha beads and a purple-painted forehead. Another man stands in white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala, hands joined at his chest, and a man in the background wears a black head wrap and white-painted arms. Sand and sky fill the background, with a few onlookers in casual clothes further back.2018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28Outdoor photo on a sandy beach of a seated ritual gathering. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-orange robe, a multi-strand rudraksha mala and rudraksha bracelets sits centre-left, holding a metal tray of red and white flowers and picking up petals. Behind and beside him, several men sit on the sand: one wears a black turban and white-marked forehead with a long rudraksha mala, another is bare-chested with white body markings, and a clean-shaven man in a white dhoti and shawl on the right extends his hand toward the tray. Sacred ash lines mark several foreheads. The offering appears to be a puja on the sand.2018-04-28