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Photograph of devotees bathing in a rushing waterfall stream at a rocky site. Four men stand in the water wearing wet, clinging red-orange garments. The foreground man with long wet hair has his back turned and hand on his hip, while the man at right in orange top and pants looks back over his shoulder. A man in a white shirt stands behind them near a small concrete building with a green-and-white umbrella on the right, and a white-clad person is partly visible at the left edge. Water cascades down the rock face at left under green vegetation.

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January 30 20092009-01-30A group of devotees stands under a heavy cascade of water at a waterfall, possibly the Papanasam falls. In the centre, a young person in a wet red cloth bends forward with long dark hair plastered down, water pouring over the head and shoulders. To the left, a man in a red shirt and red dhoti also bows under the spray, and behind them others in white clothes raise hands to faces as the water splashes. On the far right, a man in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at the edge of the frame. The surrounding water is churned into white foam on dark rock.2009-01-30Devotees bathe beneath a heavy waterfall at a rocky falls site, with water cascading down a dark rock face behind them. Several men wear wet saffron-orange and red clothing clinging to their bodies. One man in the centre wears an orange top and orange dhoti, a rudraksha-style mala visible at the shoulder, while another wears a red wrap and a man in white kurta stands at left with hands near a metal railing. Another figure in white stands at the back, and a person at the right wears orange. The scene conveys a pilgrimage bath in the falls.2009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30Several men stand in a waterfall pool at Papanasam falls, backs to the camera, water cascading behind them. The man on the left wears a white sleeveless top and white trousers and holds one hand near his waist. Two men in saturated orange-red garments raise their arms and stand in the spray; one has a wet red cloth wrapped at his waist and a bare upper body. Further right, a man in white shirt and pale yellow shorts and another in white stand at the edge of the water. Their hair is wet and they appear to be bathing in the falls during a pilgrimage.2009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30Four men stand under a heavy waterfall at a rocky cliff face, bathing in the cascade. The central man, bare-chested with long wet dark hair, wears a red wet cloth wrapped around his waist and stands with head bowed. To his right, a man in a red wet cloth with long wet hair and a rudraksha-style mala stands with head lowered. On the left, two men in white dhotis and orange shawls, one with a white garment and a red sash and a beaded necklace, stand in the churning water. Foamy water splashes around their legs at the base of the falls.2009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30Devotees bathe under a powerful waterfall cascading over dark rock at Papanasam falls. In the centre, a man in a red wet cloth stands with both arms raised toward the falling water. To the left, a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-red shawl reaches toward a metal railing. Behind them, another person in a wet red cloth bows under the spray. To the right, a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands beside a bare-chested man in a white vest and yellow shorts with a rudraksha-style necklace, and another person in red cloth. Water splashes around their legs in the pool.2009-01-30Devotees bathe beneath a heavy waterfall at a rocky falls setting. In the centre a bare-chested man with long wet black hair wears a red cloth wrap and stands in the stream, head bowed. Beside him a second person in a red wrap stands in the spray. A man in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands at left, one arm extended toward the bather. Two men in white sleeveless vests and white dhotis stand at right, one with a black cord necklace, while a figure at far right raises an arm. A yellow metal rack stands at left edge. Water spray and dark wet rock fill the frame.2009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30