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A photograph of a young boy wading into clear turquoise water from a stone step. He wears a dark navy t-shirt with white trim at the collar and sleeves and brown shorts. His back is to the camera as he looks out over the water, one arm extended outward, with droplets flicking from his hand. Ripples spread across the pool around his legs. The stone steps and edge of the pool are visible at the bottom of the frame.

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A photograph of two boys standing in green-blue water at the edge of a pool or tank, seen from behind. The boy on the left wears a long white kurta-style garment and has a dark beaded necklace visible at his neck. The boy on the right wears a dark short-sleeved top with white trim and dark shorts, and is stepping into the water with splashes around his legs. Ripples cover the water surface and the concrete edge is visible at the bottom of the frame.May 01 20142014-05-01May 01 20142014-05-01May 18 20152015-05-18A photograph of a group standing waist-deep in a muddy river with a moored barge and large black buoys behind them. A man in the centre-right wears a black long-sleeved shirt, black trousers and a red-orange beaded necklace, with both arms spread wide as if speaking to the group. Beside him a man in a white vest presses his palms together at his forehead, and another man bare-chested with a dark cord necklace also has his hands folded. A woman in a black swimsuit stands near the middle, and a man with a black swimsuit at the far left is partly submerged. A grey-haired man in glasses and a black shirt stands at the far right with his arms crossed. Sunlight glints on the brownish water.2015-05-18A man with short dark hair swims in churning, muddy grey-brown water, one arm thrust forward through a spray of white splashes. He wears a white undergarment and is shown from the side, with his shoulders and head above the surface. No ritual objects or identifiable setting are visible beyond the river water.2014-07-27A person with wet dark hair swims or bathes in churning, pale grey-brown water, arms extended forward and splashing up a spray of droplets. Only the head, shoulders and one outstretched arm are visible, and the face is partly hidden by the water. No robes, garlands or ritual objects are visible.2014-07-27July 22 20132013-07-22Several people bathe waist-deep in a river with murky greenish water, with black floating buoys or pontoons visible at the top of the frame. A young man in a green t-shirt and black shorts stands in the center, pushing wet hair back with both hands. Beside him a bare-chested man rubs his face, a shirtless boy in the foreground wears a red thread necklace, and other men and boys stand or swim nearby, some partially submerged.2015-05-18May 01 20142014-05-01A photograph of a bald man bathing in the river at dusk, standing chest-deep in grey water with his hands pressed together at his chest and his face tilted upward as water splashes around him. Behind him at left another man sits partly submerged, with a small lit lamp floating on the water. In the background a wooden boat with a canopy and a few seated people sits on the hazy river under a pale sky. The man is bare-chested with no visible saffron clothing, rudraksha or other distinctive adornments, so his identity is not established by appearance.2015-10-11Five men are bathing and playing in the shallow brown river water near a riverbank, with a wooden boat with a purple cover and two rowers at upper left and a large grey vessel at upper right. A man in a white sleeveless vest and a beaded necklace stands at centre raising his fists and smiling, while a bare-chested man at left with a grey-smeared torso and a cord necklace claps his hands together. Others are partly submerged in the water, one in a dark top and one bare-chested with long hair. The setting is a riverside bathing scene during daylight, with a taut rope stretched across the water.2015-05-18