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A figure with long dark wet hair bent forward while a man in a yellow shirt pours water from a metal vessel over their head at a stone bathing ledge against a weathered stone wall. The bent figure wears a red-orange garment with a rudraksha mala and a gold armlet. Behind them, a man in white with an orange shawl raises a camera overhead, and another devotee in orange robes stands at right. Water sprays and splashes around the scene.

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A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing at a stone-walled temple area. A man with long wet dark hair, bare-shouldered in a red garment, bends forward while water is poured over his head from a large steel vessel held by a person at the top left, with a yellow rope hanging nearby. Beside him stands a man in an orange garment with a dark wrap and a rudraksha mala, and at right a bespectacled man wearing an orange turban, orange robe and a garland, holding a small brass cup. Behind them another person in white raises a ceremonial item. Water streams down in droplets. Three to four people are visible.2009-07-13A photograph at a temple, with a man in a white dhoti and shirt on the left pouring water from a steel vessel over the head of a person bent forward in front of a golden pot, water streaming down. Beside them, several devotees in orange and red saffron robes and a few in white stand in a narrow, wall-lined passage under a mesh-covered ceiling. On the right, a bald man in orange robes and glasses with a folded orange cloth on his head stands close, observing the ablution, which resembles an abhishekam. Other devotees in orange and red clothing are visible in the background, and the scene has a plain, weathered stone setting.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph at a temple entrance showing a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, wearing a gold ornate necklace over rudraksha beads and an orange-red cloth wrap, being doused with water poured from a metal pot. A man in a striped shirt and white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform, lifting a rope and pouring water from a bucket over him. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand beside: one in gold-bead garland holding a pole, the other in orange shawl smiling. Weathered whitewashed stone walls, a barred gate and a dim doorway frame the scene; a sunbeam slants through the air.2009-07-13A photograph of a ritual bathing scene at a stone well or tank. A man with long wet black hair and a rudraksha mala bows forward, wearing a sleeveless red garment that is soaked. A priest in white stands at left pouring water from a blue metal bucket over him. At right, a man in orange-saffron robes, a gold beaded necklace, a rudraksha mala and an orange head cloth holds a long silver staff. A cameraman in white films in the background, and the green-stained stone wall and tree are visible behind.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph inside a dim temple passage with yellow-washed walls, where a man in a white shirt and white dhoti pours water from a metal bucket over a long-haired devotee in red clothing who holds a golden vessel. Beside them, a man in an orange saffron robe with wet, swept-back long hair and rudraksha beads stands with a silver trident, while others in red and orange clothing crowd around. A photographer in the background raises a camera. The people are soaked.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a ritual bathing at an outdoor tirtha or well beside a grey temple-style structure with pillars and a carved deity panel, with green trees behind. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala kneels with hands joined as a stream of water pours over his head from a bucket held by a man in a white shirt and white dhoti on the right, who uses a yellow rope. Around them, devotees stand watching: men in orange or red dhotis with rudraksha malas, women in red and dark green saris, and Western-looking participants in white. One man in orange robe stands at the back. A figure in white dhoti leans over the stone edge at lower left. No figure among them is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2018-04-29