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Pilgrims bathing at the Jogula Bhavi holy tank.

India: Pilgrims bathing at the Jogula Bhavi holy tank, Saundatti, Karnataka, during the Shri Yellamma Devi Fair (1994). Every year in the Hindu month of Magh (January - February) more than half a million people gather around the tiny temple of the goddess Yellamma in Saundatti. Yellamma is the patron of the devadasi or women dedicated to the service of a deity or temple.
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Title: Pilgrims bathing at the Jogula Bhavi holy tank.
Caption: India: Pilgrims bathing at the Jogula Bhavi holy tank, Saundatti, Karnataka, during the Shri Yellamma Devi Fair (1994). Every year in the Hindu month of Magh (January - February) more than half a million people gather around the tiny temple of the goddess Yellamma in Saundatti. Yellamma is the patron of the devadasi or women dedicated to the service of a deity or temple.
Credit: Album / H.J. Hoffmann/Pictures from History/Universal Images Group
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Image size: 5100 × 3233 px | 47.2 MB
Print size: 43.2 × 27.4 cm | 2007.9 × 1272.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ASIA • ASIAN • BATHING • BELAGAVI • BHARATA POORNIMA • CULT, HINDUISM • DEITY • DEVADASI • DEVOTEE • DIVINITY • FAIR • FERTILITY GODDESS = GODDESS OF FERTILITY • FERTILITY GODDESS • FERTILITY • FESTIVAL • FESTIVITY • GODDESS OF FERTILITY • GODDESS • GODHEAD • GODS • HINDU • HINDUISM • HINDUS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY. • INDIA • INDIAN • JOGULA BHAVI • KARNATAKA • PILGRIMAGE CENTRE • PILGRIMAGE • RELIGION • RENUKA • SAUNDATTI • SHRI YELLAMMA DEVI • TANK • YELLAMMA