Caption

Pilgrims at a washing ritual with 22 stations around the Ramanathaswami temple, a ceremony in which small sins are washed away, Tirtha, Rameshwaram or Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Date

Feb 21, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger

Reference

BRK24I43_222

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

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100,4Mb (5,0Mb) / 24,2in x 16,1in / 7250 x 4839 (300dpi)

Keywords

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