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A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe walking down a narrow street in Varanasi. He wears a heavy garland of orange and yellow marigolds with red flowers, and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him a man in a blue jacket holds a mobile phone, and another man in white walks past. Red flags hang across the lane above, and shuttered shop fronts line the street.

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A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair walks down a narrow lane in Varanasi, wearing an orange robe and a large garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers around his neck. A red tilak mark is visible on his forehead. He holds a tall silver trident-like staff upright in his right hand. Behind him, a second man in white ritual clothing with a red-bordered cloth follows. The lane has peeling pink walls, hanging electrical wires, a small signboard reading Shivam Travels, and an orange paper poster on the left wall.January 06 20062006-01-06A photo taken in a long temple colonnade with red-painted wooden beams and pillars. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair and a tilak on his forehead wears an orange saffron robe, a yellow shawl, and a heavy garland of green leaves, pink flowers and white jasmine, carrying a gold-tipped staff. Behind him a bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and a young attendant in a white dhoti carries a metal plate. Several other people in orange and white walk through the crowded corridor.2009-01-15November 11 20082008-11-11July 02 20082008-07-02December 30 20082008-12-30December 26 20082008-12-26May 30 20062006-05-30 +1 copiesAugust 15 20102010-08-15January 06 20062006-01-06Outdoor procession on a sunlit stone path with a crowd dressed in saffron orange. In the centre a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and a red forehead mark wears a saffron shawl over an orange ribbed top and orange dhoti, with a heavy gold necklace and a long rudraksha mala hanging to his waist. He walks forward with arms slightly out. Behind him devotees wear orange shawls and hoods, one man in an orange cap, another in a denim shirt with a rudraksha mala and white trousers, and a woman in a yellow-orange sari with green border at the left edge. Several people hold the orange cloth across their shoulders.2006-05-26January 07 20062006-01-07 +1 copies