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A photograph of a group of men standing and wading in shallow sea water beside a metal railing and concrete pillars at a ghat or temple steps. In the centre, a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and a shawl over his shoulder stands in the water, facing another man in orange clothing who is in the water to the right. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti with a yellow-bordered cloth stands on the steps, another in red-orange cloth stands above, and onlookers in white and red clothes watch from the platform. The scene suggests a ritual bath or sacred immersion at the sea. No speculative identification is made from appearance; roles are described as devotees, priests and onlookers.

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