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A photo of an outdoor ritual bathing scene beside a stone temple wall with green plants. A long-haired man with a beard, wearing a dark brown wrap and many rudraksha malas, stands with cupped hands while water is poured over his head from a metal vessel tied with yellow rope by a man in a white dhoti with gold border. Around him, devotees watch and smile: a woman in a red sari, a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala, a shirtless man in orange cloth with rudraksha malas, a bare-chested man in cream dhoti with gold border, and a man with a light beard and a red tilak wearing rudraksha malas.

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April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesPhotograph of a devotee being bathed with water poured from a metal bucket held by a man at right, outdoors on a red tiled floor beside green shrubs and a beige stone wall. The central figure has long wet dark hair and a heavy rudraksha mala, kneeling with hands pressed together as water runs over him. Around him stand people in orange and red robes, a man in white kurta with rudraksha beads, a smiling man with a red tilak and rudraksha mala, and a man in white dhoti with gold border. The water is poured with a yellow cord tied to the bucket.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a ritual water pouring outdoors in a courtyard with green plants and a palm tree. A bare-chested man with wet dark hair bows forward with cupped hands at his face while water is poured over his head from a metal vessel held by a raised arm wrapped in yellow cord. Behind him, a bare-chested man in orange wrap with rudraksha malas and a tilak stands with hands joined. Around them, women in red and orange saris and devotees in white and orange stand watching, many with hands folded in prayer. A stone basin is visible at the lower edge. The scene appears to be a purification or abhishekam-style rite; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing scene. In the centre, a man with long dreadlocks and a dark wet shawl kneels with palms pressed together while water is poured over him from a metal vessel held by a man in orange-red cloth wearing a yellow-thread sacred cord. Around him a crowd of devotees stands on a red-tiled floor: a bare-chested man with rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, a woman in dark teal sari with rudraksha mala, a woman in maroon top with rudraksha, a man in white with a blue-and-gold shawl, and others with hands folded in prayer. A man in white cloth stands at the left edge. Concrete walls and a blue tarp are behind the crowd. The scene suggests a sacred water abhishekam at a temple tank or bathing area.2018-04-29Outdoor photograph of a group of devotees at a temple courtyard with green shrubs and a stone wall behind them. In the foreground, a man with long dark matted hair and layered rudraksha malas bends forward while water pours from his head and body, wearing a wet dark maroon cloth. Around him, men in saffron/orange dhotis and sashes with rudraksha malas stand watching, one with a white tilak on his forehead and long dreadlocked hair wrapped up. A shirtless man with a red bindi and rudraksha mala smiles in the background. On the right, a man in a cream dhoti with a gold border holds a steel vessel tied with yellow cord, and a man in white is on the left. A reddish tiled floor underfoot suggests an abhishekam with water poured over a devotee. The a person candidate would be the bowing man with dark hair and rudraksha, but appearance cues are insufficient to confirm identity.2018-04-29Outdoor scene on a red tiled floor beside green foliage and a stone wall. A man with long dreadlocks and a wet, dark maroon cloth wrapped on his body, heavy rudraksha malas around his neck and arms, stands with palms pressed together and head bowed while water drips from him. Around him stand several devotees: a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi, a man in an orange wrap with rudraksha malas and white tilak, a man with a tall black turban-like hairstyle and orange cloth, a bare-chested man with rudraksha malas and a white dhoti with gold border, and a bare-chested man with a red-brown stole. A man with arm raised waves in a blue shawl. Appearance-based candidate for a person is the central man with long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and wet ritual clothing, shown in an in_person setting.2018-04-29Outdoor photo of a bare-chested man with long dark hair and many rudraksha malas bathing his head under water poured from above, both hands gripping his hair. Water droplets spray around him. Behind him stand devotees in orange and white clothing, including a man in an orange dhoti with rudraksha beads and a woman in a white outfit holding a red cloth. A man in a long-haired style smiles in the background, and a man in white clothes stands at the right edge. Green trees and a stone wall form the backdrop.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing scene under green trees. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at right, pouring water from a steel vessel with a yellow rope handle over the head of a bearded man with long, wet dark hair and dark brown robes, who presses his hands together in prayer. Around them, bare-chested men wear orange dhotis and rudraksha malas, a woman in white stands smiling, and a shirtless boy holds a plastic water bottle. Water splashes around the group.2018-04-29