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A photograph of devotees bathing in a tank at a temple, standing waist-deep in dark rippling water beside a pink-painted pillar and white-tiled wall with metal railings. A bearded man in the centre presses his palms together in prayer, wearing an orange-brown cloth and rudraksha-style beads, while a shaved-head man in plain white cloth faces him from the right with hands raised. Several other men stand nearby in orange wraps, bare-chested with beaded malas, one with long hair holding a phone. A woman in a dark garment stands among them. A mirrored metal rod stands at the edge of the water.

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April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a group of people bathing in a waist-deep temple tank at the Rameshwaram sacred waters, with pink-painted stone pillars and metal railings around the pool. Several men stand in the water, including a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a man in orange and ochre cloth, with a second bearded man in saffron wrap and beads beside him, hands pressed in namaskar. A white-haired older woman in a dark blouse and an older man stand nearby, and an older woman in a wet cloth faces the group. Onlookers in shirts stand along the tiled edge above. Water ripples in the foreground, indicating a ritual dip.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual bathing scene in a shallow tank or sea-water pool at a temple, with a pink-and-white tiled enclosure and metal railings. Several shaved- or tied-hair men wearing orange and saffron cloths and beaded necklaces stand waist-deep in the water. One man in the centre holds a long metal rod upright while a bare-chested man with rudraksha beads and a dark cloth in his hands stands beside him. A man in front, seen from behind with a white cloth over his shoulders, performs an anjali gesture facing a large rough stone in the water, which has a flower garland on it. Other stones, one wrapped in black cloth with flowers, sit nearby. Devotees, some in saffron and green saris, watch from the railing above. The setting is a temple water ritual.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesDevotees bathe in a temple tank of greenish water at a stepped ghat with metal railings. In the foreground a man with bare chest and folded hands, wearing a red-orange cloth, stands waist-deep in the water. Behind him, men in saffron-orange cloths and white dhotis stand on the steps, and a crowd of onlookers lines the white wall above. Concrete pillars and pink temple stonework frame the scene under daylight.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a ritual bathing at a temple tank or sea edge with a pink-and-white railed steps. Several men stand waist-deep in dark water; the central man with his hands pressed together in prayer wears orange-saffron cloth and has ash-smeared forehead and body, with a dark-haired man beside him holding a kalasha-like object and a bare-chested man in orange cloth with a long mala. On the right, a man with short grey hair wears a white shawl and stands waist-deep beside a stone with a floral garland. A woman bathes in the water on the left. Behind the railing, a crowd of onlookers in colourful saris, shirts and white dhotis watches from the steps. Flower garlands rest on two stone pieces in the foreground.2018-04-29 +1 copies