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A large group of devotees stands along a sea shore at the water's edge, many in saffron-orange shawls and white clothing, some with yellow shawls and rudraksha-style beads. Several people wade or bend toward the sea, a line of figures moving into shallow water. A camera operator on the right holds a professional video camera on a rig. Behind them stands a small temple gopuram and a low building with a signboard, with a few people on the rocky shoreline at left and trees beyond. The scene looks like a ritual bathing or offering at a coastal temple.

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July 13 20092009-07-13A coastal shoreline at a temple town, with shallow sea water in the foreground and a stone breakwater to the left. Devotees in saffron and orange shawls and white clothes stand in the water and along the edge, one holding a long ceremonial staff with a trident-like top. A small gopuram with ornate tower stands behind a low building; a crowd of onlookers and people in yellow garments gathers on the right. A man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala is visible among the group, but his face is not clearly enough shown to link him to the page's claim, so the a person field is unsure. Watermarked credit text appears in the lower right corner, which is not transcribed.2009-07-13Devotees stand in a line at the edge of shallow sea water at a coastal temple shore, many wearing saffron-orange shawls over white dhotis and saris. A man in front wears an orange turban and orange garments with a long gold-coloured necklace and holds a tall trident-topped staff; a woman in a white and orange sari and a blonde woman in white with an orange shawl stand nearby. Several people wade in the water in the background, a golden temple gopuram rises beyond a small shrine building, and a few people are visible on the rocks at left.2009-07-13Devotees in saffron-orange robes stand on a concrete seawall at the edge of a calm sea, with a few people wading in the shallows to the left. A bare-footed man in orange dhoti and shawl steps toward the water, while a woman in white sari with an orange shawl and beaded necklace stands at right beside a bearded man in orange with a rudraksha mala. A white-clad man in a yellow-trimmed garment stands behind them. Behind the seawall stands a small shop with a trident sign and a temple gopuram beside a tree. The setting suggests a pilgrimage bathing ritual at a coastal temple.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13Large group of devotees wading into the sea at a shoreline, walking toward the open water under a pale sky with distant boats. In the foreground a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace leads, followed by a man in orange with a long mala and a bare-chested man with an orange wrap. Others in white kurtas, yellow shawls, pink and green saris and an orange sari hold hands. A man at the back right wears a white robe with a mala. Water is knee-deep; the scene reads as a sea bath ritual.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13