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October 03 2015

A photograph of a crowd of devotees ascending stone steps at a riverside ghat in Varanasi. In the foreground a figure in a red-orange turban and marigold garland holds a silver staff with a mace-like top, reaching toward a woman in a red-orange saree with a rudraksha mala who is smiling and climbing. Nearby people wear red-orange robes, marigold garlands and bright yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. Other women in white saris with green lanyards and men in orange shawls press along the steps behind them, with more people visible above on the stairs.

October 03 2015

October 03 2015

Outdoor ghat steps by the Ganges in Varanasi, with a large crowd of devotees in red and orange saffron shawls and white dhotis. In the foreground a bald man in a rust-red robe with a rudraksha mala holds a silver pot and a brass-handled fan-like implement beside a figure whose head is wrapped in a rust-red turban decorated with white flower petals and an orange marigold garland. Other devotees press their palms together and watch, while a photographer in white stands at right. Stone steps and a white-cloth-covered boat row sit in the background. Visible crowd is roughly two dozen people.

Outdoor photo on stone steps by a river at a ghat, with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a bare-backed person wrapped in a red-orange cloth wound over the head is bowing, with a marigold garland on the shoulders and white jasmine flowers on the head wrap. A silver ceremonial staff with a decorative top is held by a shaved-headed man in orange-red cloth and rudraksha beads. A smiling woman in orange-red garments and a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. Nearby, people in white clothes with orange-red shawls and teal lanyards gather closely, and some have orange-red tilaka marks. The scene suggests a devotional greeting at the ghat.

Outdoor ghat steps at the Ganges in Varanasi with many saffron-clad devotees. A man in the centre wears wire-rimmed glasses, a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small silver vessel while standing beside a smiling woman in a saffron sari with a rudraksha mala who presses her palms together. A man at the left has a saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and a yellow tilak on his forehead. A figure in the foreground wears a saffron turban with white flower petals and a marigold garland, and holds a silver staff with a trident-like top. Other people in white and saffron dhotis and robes stand on the steps with their hands in anjali, and a kneeling person at the right wears a rudraksha mala and bangles.

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Photograph of a ghat staircase in Varanasi during a ritual event. In the foreground, a man seen from behind wears a tall red-orange turban with white flowers, a yellow-orange marigold garland around his neck, and a saffron cloth with gold border over bare shoulders; he holds a metal vessel. To the left, a bald man with orange tilak and a rudraksha mala pours from a vessel, and a woman in orange stands nearby. Behind and to the right, several devotees in white and orange clothes with orange forehead marks gather on the steps, one smiling woman with glasses and a red garland in front. Whitewashed walls and a sloped roof edge frame the scene.

Outdoor ghat steps descending toward a wide, pale sandy riverbank and a broad river under hazy sky. In the foreground, a man in a dark red-maroon turban decorated with white flower garlands and an orange marigold garland faces away, one arm raised, near a figure in maroon and orange robes with a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white and pink clothing climb or lean forward on the stone steps, one bending low in greeting. Other sannyasi-style figures in maroon and gold-bordered robes stand nearby, and a photographer in white with a camera is at right. A pink canopy and white tents line the far riverbank.