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Street photograph in a busy Indian city. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped around his body, stands barefoot on the road holding a long rod over a small flame burning on the asphalt beside scattered broken coconut and pumpkin pieces, a ritual of breaking offerings to begin a journey. Behind him, a group of onlookers stands by a white bus: a bearded man in white robes and orange dhoti, a woman in a light top and dark trousers, and a man in a white shirt filming with a video camera. Another man in a blue shirt holds a camera on the right beside a white coach bus. Shopfronts, a Tourist-branded minibus and a signboard reading Bengal Sweets Corner line the street.

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May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A white tourist minibus parked on a city street in New Delhi, its front decorated with a garland of white and orange flowers and a small framed portrait on the dashboard. A woman in orange robes walks at the right, holding a green coconut in one hand and a trident-like staff in the other, with a man in white and a man in orange beside her on the pavement. Shuttered shops and a sweets corner sign line the street, and a photographer stands at the right edge. The scene suggests the start of a yatra journey.2006-05-22A barefoot person in a saffron-orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair raises an arm high, holding a coconut or pumpkin, while breaking it on a city street. Broken coconut or pumpkin pieces and a small lit lamp lie on the asphalt. A white Rajendra Bus Service coach and parked vehicles line the street, with shopfronts behind, including a sign reading POONA. A second person in white ritual clothing stands at the right holding a long staff, and a few people in light clothing stand further back. Probable Swamiji (probable) in the saffron robe, with long hair and a ritual staff, presiding over the street ceremony.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A photograph on a city street of a barefoot man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and long swept-back dark hair, with a white tilak on his forehead and a trident-like staff held in his right hand, walking across a dusty road littered with broken coconut fragments and scattered water droplets. Behind him stand a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, a bearded man in a red turban and white shirt, and two men photographing with cameras beside a white van with a yellow Delhi number plate. Shuttered shop fronts line the street behind them.2006-05-22A street scene in a busy Indian city. In the foreground, a bare-backed figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl draped around the waist and holds a lit oil lamp or offering plate toward a white tour bus. Behind, a man in white kurta and trousers gestures, a monk in orange robes stands nearby, and a photographer with a camera is visible. Shops, a tourist office, parked cars and an auto-rickshaw line the street. The bus shows a Nithyanandam sticker and a Himalaya Yatra 2006 placard, with a portrait poster on its window. The figure's long swept hair and saffron shawl are visible cues, but the face is not clearly visible; the bare-backed ritual aarti fits the yatra's start.2006-05-22June 28 20082008-06-28A photograph of a street in a busy Indian city, with a white Rajendra Bus Service coach parked at left and shopfronts including Poona Guest House along the road. A person in a long orange robe with long dark hair and a crown-like headpiece stands on the right, holding a metal trident-like staff, facing a coconut and pumpkin smashed on the asphalt as part of a ritual breaking. Several men in white shirts and trousers walk along the street behind, and passengers are visible through the bus windows.2006-05-22A photograph taken from behind on a busy street of a bare-backed person with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a bare-chested garment tied at the waist, holding a long metal trident-like staff raised in one hand while the other hand rests on the hip. A small flame burns on the road in front, with scattered offerings such as a piece of white food and a green fruit nearby. A man in a blue polo shirt with a camera around his neck stands to the left beside a white minibus, and a rickshaw passes on the right.2006-05-22