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A photograph of devotees performing an offering in a river. A woman with long dark curly hair wears an orange-saffron garment and stands waist-deep in brownish water, bending forward with her hands in the water. Beside her, a man in a blue top and blue trousers with rudraksha malas kneels in the water and holds a ladle over a steel pot of white liquid. Another steel pot sits in the water at left. Behind them, a woman in a yellow garment and other devotees in white and saffron stand in the river, one woman at right with palms pressed together in prayer. Several rudraksha malas are visible on the men.

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A photograph of devotees performing an offering in a river. A woman with long dark wavy hair in an orange sari stands waist-deep in murky water, bending forward and holding a handful of white rice or puffed grain to offer. A metal pot of white offerings sits in the water at left, and another steel vessel with a ladle sits at right, where a man in a blue t-shirt and blue trousers wears rudraksha malas and stands in the water. Other devotees with folded hands and white or yellow clothing gather behind and beside them. The setting appears to be a riverbank ritual.2006-05-22A person with long curly dark hair, wearing an orange saffron garment, is bent forward and immersed waist-deep in flowing water, scooping or pouring water with one hand while holding the other hand near the water. Behind them a person in a white kurta wears a large rudraksha mala with a pendant and an orange wrist thread, and another person in white and bright green-and-yellow clothing stands nearby. A metal bowl with white liquid sits at the lower left and a bamboo pole crosses the water. The scene suggests a river ritual bathing or abhishekam-style offering in a river setting. Two or three people are visible.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A bare-backed figure with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange cloth wrap, stands at left facing a group of people reaching their cupped hands toward the water. Several devotees in saffron, yellow and white clothes, many wearing orange sacred threads on their wrists and rudraksha malas, lean forward with outstretched hands. A man in a blue shirt and purple trousers, wearing a rudraksha mala with a pendant, stands at centre-top above the crowd. A woman in a white top with red-bordered sleeves holds her palms out, and another woman in yellow smiles with a red bindi. Small white offerings are visible in several hands. Approximately ten to twelve people are visible.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A photograph of a ritual offering at a riverbank with shallow water flowing over stone. A woman in a dark navy blouse and red-patterned sari sits in the water holding rice in both hands, while a man in a white shirt and white trousers reaches in from the left with cupped hands. On the right, a bare-chested ascetic with long dark matted hair wears an orange-saffron cloth and stirs rice in a steel vessel with a ladle, with a second steel pot of rice beside him. Behind them, barefoot people in saffron and orange robes stand on concrete steps, a bamboo pole runs through the scene, and strands of marigold garlands hang near the top left. The setting suggests a river rite of offering rice.2006-05-22