Paying obeisance to Lord Siva on Karthika Pournami Day at Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla in Guntur district. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
Local fishermen keep a watch on the devotees taking a holy dip at sea in Suryalanaka beach at Bapatla in Guntur District on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
Women offer prayers with a lamp after taking a dip in sea at Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla on Kartika Pournami day, on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.
Karthika Deepam: Women offer prayers standing in sea waters at Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla on Kartika Pournami day, on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
Teenage girls offer prayers with a lamp after taking a dip in sea at Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla on Kartika Pournami day, on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.
Making a Sivalingam out of sea sand, women offer prayers after taking a dip at sea in Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla on Karthika Pournami Day on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
People take a dip at sea at Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla on Kartika Pournami Day on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
It is fun time for children, who accopany their parents for a holy dip at sea during Karthika Pournami at Suryalanka Beach in Bapatla on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumaraaa
A siva lingam made by digging sand on the beach is an attraction at Suryalanka sea front in Bapatla where lakhs of devotees took holy bath marking Kartika Pournami on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
Devotees turn up in large numbers on Suryalanka beach front in Bapatla where lakhs of devotees took bath marking Kartika Pournami on Thursday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar