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A candid street photograph in a narrow market lane lined with shopfronts. In the foreground, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange saffron wrap and a thick marigold garland with white and pink flowers, his back partly turned to the camera. Behind him a man in glasses and a woman in a dark top stand near racks of rudraksha and beaded malas in red, green and beige. On the right, a person in a black hooded shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A man in white clothes stands at the left edge. Shop signs in red lettering hang overhead.

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January 06 20062006-01-06January 05 20062006-01-05A photograph taken in a narrow street shop in Varanasi. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and an orange and yellow marigold garland, reaches toward a display of beaded malas hanging on a wall. Green, white and brown beads and pink tassels are visible. Behind him a young man in a blue shawl with a red bead necklace and a woman in dark clothing with a red bindi look on, and a yellow plastic carry bag is held. A shop window shows printed religious pictures and a yoga training centre sign is posted outside.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06A photograph on a narrow urban street in Varanasi shows a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe and a white undergarment, wearing a thick garland of orange marigolds with yellow and white flowers and red blossoms. He holds a white trident-topped staff and faces a small shop with glass display cases of trinkets and boxes. A shopkeeper in a dark cap and jacket leans at the counter. Other passersby in purple, maroon and cream clothing stand along the lane, and white walls and a shuttered door frame the scene.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 07 20062006-01-07A photograph of a narrow market lane in Varanasi with shops on both sides. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange sannyasi robe and a dense marigold garland with rudraksha beads, gestures toward a stall. Behind him a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rolled mat under his arm walks past, and a woman in a pink top stands nearby. A shopkeeper in a light shirt and glasses sits in a small shop lined with incense boxes and bundles. Colourful fabrics hang on racks to the right and hanging signs advertise a restaurant. Probable Swamiji appears in the foreground, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robe, and rudraksha beads on a garland. He is in motion among devotees and shoppers.2006-01-06A photograph of a person in orange robes draped with a thick garland of orange marigolds and red flowers, reaching out to take a red rudraksha-style mala from a shopkeeper in a white shirt at a street shop. Behind them, glass display cases hold brass and metal figurines of deities and small devotional items. In the foreground, a tiered brass oil lamp stand and brass kalasha-style vessels sit on a striped cloth. The person has long dark hair and appears to be speaking. The setting appears to be a Varanasi market shop.2006-01-06Street photograph in a narrow market lane. In the left foreground a long-haired figure in orange-saffron robes wears a large marigold garland with red and white flowers and looks to the right. Behind him a seated older man in a grey sweater and collared shirt sits beside a glass display cabinet filled with small brass deity figurines, boxes and rudraksha malas hanging above. Another man stands partially visible behind him, and a woman in a light blue top appears at the far left edge. A blue-painted wall and a striped cloth on the lower right complete the scene.2006-01-06