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Outdoor photograph at a riverside ghat in Varanasi, with a crowd of devotees on stone steps behind. In the foreground, several people hold tall silver staffs topped with trident (trishul) finials and small bells. Many men and women wear saffron-orange robes, and some wear white dhotis and white shawls. A seated figure in white garments sits at the centre on a checkered red-and-white platform, with saffron-clad devotees around, some with hands raised in greeting or devotion. Many people are in the crowd behind, including onlookers in street clothes taking photographs.

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February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoor photo on the Ganga at Varanasi: a boat crowded with saffron-robed devotees, many in orange and white, with orange pennants flying and a fringed canopy at top right. In the foreground a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange cloth, rudraksha and bead malas, and bangles, holds a silver trident-tipped ceremonial staff over a red-and-white checkered platform. Several women in orange and white saris stand beside silver tridents and staffs, and a painted kalasha-like banner hangs at left. a person in the foreground, identifiable by long swept hair, rudraksha and bead malas and bare-chested orange cloth, leading the boat procession during a ritual on the river.2013-02-13Outdoor river scene on the Ganga at Varanasi with a long wooden boat. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron shawl, rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, extends his arm toward a row of women in orange and white saris seated in front of him. Several silver trishul staffs and a silver ritual mace stand upright in the boat. Behind them, numerous devotees in orange and white clothing sit on the boat and along the banks under a red and blue ornate umbrella, with many orange flags fluttering. A woman in an orange sari photographs the scene with a small camera. The bright, hazy sky is open above the water.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13Outdoor photo on stone ghat steps beside the Ganga in Varanasi, with a crowd of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees. At the centre, a long-haired figure in orange clothing with a white beaded mala sits on the steps, a silver-framed object in front; the person has distinctive long hair and orange robes, so the a person label applies to this seated figure. Around him, saffron-clad men and women hold silver trishul staffs and an orange flag is raised above. Several bald men in orange and white stand nearby, and a seated elderly man in white sits on the upper steps. A speaker sits at right, and a purple logo appears at top left.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13A photograph on a boat on the Ganga at Varanasi. A central man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala, stands on a patterned blue carpet raising one arm beneath a multicoloured parasol. Around him, saffron-clad devotees, many women in orange and white saris with rudraksha malas, raise their hands and smile. Silver ceremonial staffs and tridents, orange flags and marigold petals surround the group. A man in a white shirt stands behind, and a camera operator films in the lower right.2013-02-13A photograph of a river boat on the Ganges at Varanasi, with hazy skyline and ghats behind. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and rudraksha mala, sits on an ornate silver-backed throne on a green-patterned cloth, with orange flower petals scattered at his feet, and gestures with a raised hand. Around him, women in orange and white saris and men in saffron robes sit and stand; several carry ceremonial silver staffs and a trident. Orange and red flags and a multicoloured canopy umbrella are fixed to the boat. A seated man with a laptop is at the right edge, and a figure in a white dhoti sits at the lower right. Approximately 20 people are visible.2013-02-13