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Outdoor photo of a group of men walking down into a river or temple tank with murky green water, with a metal railing on the left and many other bathers in the background. In the foreground, a man with grey hair and a bare forehead marked with white tilak wears an orange-saffron cloth and a dark bead mala, and another man in front of him wears an orange wrap with a beaded necklace. Behind them, men with shaved heads, white forehead markings and orange garments with gold trim stand waist-deep in the water. A sign with Devanagari lettering is visible at the left edge.

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Photograph of a crowd of men and women bathing and standing in a stone-walled water tank with green water, metal railings on the left. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron dhoti-style cloth wears a rudraksha mala and has white tilak marks on his forehead and a lighter-coloured shaved head, walking forward; beside him a man in orange and maroon robes with a gold chain and a bare-chested man in orange cloth with white horizontal tilak lines on his forehead and chest. Behind them, women in saffron and red garments wear gold necklaces and bangles while some bathers stand waist-deep, one raising a hand.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesNight scene at a temple water tank where devotees stand waist-deep in water, some with hands folded in prayer. In the foreground, an older woman with grey hair wears an orange saffron garment and rudraksha beads. Beside her, a man in an orange-and-saffron garment with a ceremonial gold necklace smiles, and a shaved-headed man in orange robes with tripundra markings stands at right, hands folded. Bright floodlights illuminate the scene, and a black-and-yellow Marathi sign on a metal railing stands at left. Several people in the background stand on steps near deity statues. A small purple logo appears at top left.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16Night photo at a riverside ghat with stone steps and bright floodlights; people bathe in the water beside a metal railing and a Hindi-language sign. In the foreground, an older man with white sacred ash lines on his forehead and grey hair wears an orange robe and rudraksha mala. Beside him, a man with a red-brown robe, orange sash, rudraksha beads and a tilak stands near a bald man in an orange shawl. At right, several people in orange and saffron garments and beaded necklaces crowd forward. Many others watch from the steps behind, and a man bathes in the water at left. a person appears as the tilak-marked man in the red-brown robe with rudraksha beads and orange sash, standing among the group.2015-09-16 +1 copiesPhotograph of a crowd bathing in a flooded river ghat at the Kumbh Mela. Water fills the foreground and steps, and many people wade and bathe, many bare-chested with orange and saffron cloths. Near the centre a man in a white dhoti and cloth, with a long garland of yellow-orange marigolds and a dark rudraksha-style mala, stands in the water beside a metal trident, a trishul. Next to him, a man in a deep red-maroon turban and maroon shawl wears gold beaded necklaces. Shaven-headed sadhus and devotees surround them. Metal railings and signboards in yellow and green line the right edge, and a white pot is held at the top right.2015-09-15Night-time photo at a temple bathing area with stone walls and a crowd. A central figure wears a red-orange turban, an orange-saffron dhoti with gold border, and a long gold-beaded necklace, and is being guided forward by a man in a white shirt on the left. Around them, men and women in saffron and orange robes and white ritual dhotis wear sandalwood-paste tripundra and rudraksha malas, with some holding flowers. A man in an orange robe and rudraksha beads stands at right. A small yellow-and-red sign and wet steps are visible at left. Watermarked archive photo.2015-09-16September 13 20152015-09-13