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A photograph taken from inside a covered auto-rickshaw on a busy Varanasi street lined with shops. In the right foreground, a figure with long dark hair, a tilak on the forehead, orange clothing and a large garland of orange and white flowers sits in the rickshaw, with the side of his face in profile. A young boy in a light green shirt and dark trousers stands at left near a shop selling colourful fabrics and garments. A man in a white shirt stands in the centre near the rickshaw's blue floral curtain. Shop fronts display clothing, and a blue sign reads Anandadhara, with a balcony above filled with mannequins and colourful cloth.

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A street scene in Varanasi as seen from a moving motorbike. In the foreground, a young man in a blue zippered jacket rides and looks ahead. Beside a white auto-rickshaw with a canvas canopy, a man in a white shirt stands near a seated figure in orange-saffron robes with long matted hair and a red garland, holding a staff. Another man in a dark jacket sits inside the rickshaw, and a further man in the upper right is partly visible. Faded signage and a green shuttered wall form the background.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photo taken from a street inside a white auto-rickshaw with a grey canvas canopy. A smiling person wearing an orange robe and a dense garland of orange and pink flowers leans out of the rear window, raising one hand in a wave, with a dark blue cloth draped over the shoulder. In the foreground a round grey side mirror is mounted on the vehicle. Behind, a busy street has parked bicycles, a red signboard with Hindi lettering, and a crowd of onlookers. a person: the person wears saffron clothing and a flower garland; visibility is limited, so appearance is uncertain.2006-01-06A narrow market street lined with stalls selling rudraksha malas, bangles, brass bells, tassels and other religious trinkets. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange hooded top, an orange shawl and a heavy gold necklace, walking through the crowd. Behind him a man in a white cap, white shirt and white dhoti, with a lanyard badge, walks past a stall; other men in white caps and red lanyards are among the crowd, and a seated vendor sits at the right. Strings of beads hang from the awnings.2006-01-05A photograph inside a narrow shop lined with small gold-coloured deity figurines on glass-fronted shelves. A long-haired man in an orange robe with a marigold and white flower garland stands at the glass counter looking up toward the hanging brass lamps. A shopkeeper in a dark vest sits behind the case on the left, and a man in a grey sweater stands at the right edge. A framed painting of a seated deity in red hangs on the back wall. Blue-painted frames and walls surround the scene.2006-01-06Photograph of a smiling person in an auto-rickshaw, leaning out of the open side window and waving with one hand. The person wears an orange-saffron garment and a dense necklace of orange marigold and pink flower garlands, with a dark blue cloth draped over the shoulder. Behind the vehicle, a busy street with parked bicycles, pedestrians and a red signboard with Hindi lettering. The white auto's canopy and side mirror are visible in the foreground.2006-01-07A photograph of a man standing in a street market beside a stall with a red tablecloth and hanging strands of beads and malas. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment wrapped over his shoulder, with long dark hair tied back, and looks to the side. Behind him a seated man in a white shirt sits near shop shelves stocked with packaged goods, under a blue tarpaulin. Several printed signs and boxes are visible on the stall.A photograph taken inside a covered auto-rickshaw on a crowded street. In the foreground, a smiling woman in orange robes wears a thick marigold garland with pink and white flowers and holds a silver trident. Beside her, a man in a grey jacket looks toward the camera. Behind them, a man in an orange top raises a camera, and another person in a grey sweater and rudraksha-style beads holds a handheld microphone. Blue patterned curtains frame the open side of the rickshaw, and a dark camera bag hangs nearby.2006-01-06June 01 20062006-06-01January 07 20062006-01-07August 21 20062006-08-21July 10 20162016-07-10