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February 25 20072007-02-25February 25 20072007-02-252006 - Glimpses From Varanasi YatraA photograph at a railway platform shows a young man standing in front of a row of luggage, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap and matching orange turban, with long dark hair falling past his shoulders. He wears a white and pink flower garland and a rudraksha mala. Behind him, several men in shirts and trousers stand and sit near blue benches, a seated older man in glasses and a striped shirt gestures, and suitcases and backpacks are scattered on the paved platform. Trees and a platform shelter are visible in the background.2004-06-142006 - Glimpses From Varanasi YatraA photograph taken at a railway platform. In the foreground, a smiling person with long dark hair sits on the platform beside luggage, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala with a gold ornament at the chest, with a red mark on the forehead. Behind him, several men sit on a raised concrete platform edge and nearby benches; one wears a white shirt and light trousers, another a lavender shirt, and others wear white and pale clothing. Bags, a navy suitcase, a teal bag and a shopping bag lie on the platform. Tracks run beside the platform. Swamiji (probable): the orange robe, long hair and rudraksha mala are the qualifying cues for the foreground figure, shown as a traveller on the platform. +1 copiesNovember 09 20062006-11-09Photograph taken inside a brightly lit, dark-ceilinged airport terminal concourse at night, with signage overhead. A central figure in an orange saffron wrap and orange dhoti wears a long garland of white flowers with red blossoms and stands barefoot-adjacent in sandals, gesturing as he speaks. Around him, a crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange shawls over their shoulders, stand close together. One man on the left wears a white shirt and white dhoti and gestures with his hand; another in a grey shirt stands behind. A shaved-headed man in white and an orange shawl stands at right.2007-02-25A photograph taken on a railway platform at night beside a blue-and-white passenger train. A central figure in an orange sannyasi robe sits cross-legged on a raised wooden bench, wearing a leopard-print cloth wrapped on the head, with a sheathed umbrella lying beside them. Around them a crowd of devotees sits and stands on the platform, many women in white and cream saris and men in white dhotis and shirts, some with rudraksha malas, and a few carrying luggage bags. Several people, including a man in an orange robe talking on a mobile phone at left, face the seated figure.2008-06-09A photograph taken at night inside a large covered station or terminal hall with a steel-framed roof, ceiling lights and an illuminated information board. A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, and a few women in saris, gather closely. A man in the centre foreground wears an orange shawl over white clothes and stands with his back to the camera. Beside him a figure in orange robes and a shawl, with long dark hair, is garlanded with red and white flowers and smiles toward the people around him. Another man in an orange shawl and white kurta holds a dark bag. A man at right wears a brown kurta with a white shawl. A large orange-and-red sign hangs in the background.2007-02-25July 27 20122012-07-27January 09 20062006-01-09