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A seated man in a maroon-red turban and maroon robes with gold borders, wearing an orange marigold garland, smiles while holding a tall silver staff with a decorated finial beside him on a patterned red-and-black rug at a riverside stone platform. Behind him a bald man with glasses in maroon robes and a beaded mala smiles, and at right a woman in maroon garments with a beaded mala laughs. Behind them are wide stone ghat steps, a river with a small boat, and a red building on the left bank under a pale sky.

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A seated person in a maroon turban and maroon-and-saffron robes laughs while holding a tall silver staff with a leaf-shaped finial, wearing a thick orange and white marigold garland. The person sits on a red patterned rug on a stone ledge overlooking a wide river and sandy bank, with terraced red buildings along the ghat. Behind them, a shaven-headed companion in maroon robes and rudraksha beads holds a small metal pot, and another person in maroon stands at right. A man in white stands at the left edge beside a camera rig. An orange bag rests on the stone, and a small white shrine structure is visible on the steps. a person: the seated figure wears a maroon turban, a marigold garland and ceremonial saffron-toned robes while holding a staff, consistent with a ceremonial role at the ghat.2015-10-03Four people in maroon and saffron robes stand and sit on the stone ghat steps above the Ganges in Varanasi, with pale sand banks and moored boats behind them. A seated man in the foreground wears a maroon turban, an orange and white marigold garland and rudraksha beads, and rests his hand on a folded patterned rug. Behind him a bald man with a tall silver staff topped by a trident-like finial stands, another man holds a small silver pot, and a woman in maroon with rudraksha beads stands at the right edge. The men have sandalwood or tilak marks on their foreheads. The scene reads as a pilgrimage visit to a riverside shrine during a spiritual programme.2015-10-03A seated man in a maroon turban and maroon robe with gold-edged trim smiles while holding a tall silver staff with a finial. He wears a marigold and white flower garland and rudraksha beads. Behind him, a bald man in maroon robes and a rudraksha mala, wearing glasses, holds a small metal vessel and gestures with his hands. At the right edge, another person in maroon with beads turns away. The setting is a riverside ghat with stone steps, a small white shrine, a red building and a wide river under a pale sky. a person is the seated figure, identified by the maroon turban, ornate staff and marigold garland; the attendant is a disciple.2015-10-03November 16 20152015-11-16 +1 copiesOutdoor photo on the sandy ghat steps beside the Ganges in Varanasi, with a wide pale river and moored boats behind. A man with a shaved head and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing maroon and orange robes and rudraksha malas, stands at left. In the centre, a figure with his back to the camera wears a maroon turban with white flowers, an orange marigold garland and orange-and-maroon robes, pointing upward with one arm raised. Smiling women in red-bordered saris and shawls sit on the steps, with more devotees behind them and a few people in white at left. Scattered visible people number roughly twenty, and the crowd is seated and standing on the stone steps.2015-10-03Outdoor boat scene on the Ganges at Varanasi with a riverside ghat skyline behind. A man with long dark swept-back hair, a red bindi, rudraksha mala and ceremonial white beaded necklaces wears saffron-orange robes and sits on an ornate silver-framed seat draped with a patterned tiger-stripe cloth, smiling. Probable Swamiji, identified by the long swept-back hair, ornate beaded necklaces and saffron ceremonial clothing. Beside him a man in saffron robes with a gold-edged shawl holds a silver trident, and another saffron-robed devotee stands with a gold ceremonial staff. Several saffron-clad and white-clad attendants stand behind on the boat, with marigold petals scattered along the blue-edged boat rail.2013-02-13Outdoor photo on the stone steps of a riverside ghat with a wide pale river and boats in the background. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes stands at right, holding a bronze trident (trishula) upright, with a rudraksha mala visible on the figure beside him. Several devotees in red and orange sashes, some with white garments, kneel and stand on the steps, a woman in a red-and-white sari sits near a fan-holding man in orange with a dhoti. A kneeling man in a red turban wears a marigold garland. A cameraman films from the upper right, and white tents line the far bank.2015-10-03A photograph of saffron-clad sannyasis outside a yellow-washed building in Varanasi. In the centre, a man in a deep red turban with a red-and-white tilak wears a marigold garland with white flower strands and a rudraksha mala; he wears a red and orange dhoti-style wrap. Beside him, a bald man in red-and-gold robes with wire-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Behind them, saffron-robed men stand on concrete steps, one blowing a conch shell and another holding a brass vessel. A barred brown metal window sits in the wall. Appearance-based cues are not distinctive enough to name a person, so the central turbaned figure is described by role only.2015-10-03A seated figure in a red-orange saffron robe and a black beaded mala with ornate gold necklaces sits on a silver-framed throne beneath a richly embroidered pink and gold canopy on a boat on a river. Probable Swamiji is seated centrally, smiling, with long dark hair swept back and a rudraksha mala with gold ornaments. A bald man in orange garments on the left gestures, and a silver trident stands beside the throne. Around the boat, devotees in orange and saffron saris and shawls, and a man in white with a yellow tilak, sit close to the railing. Behind them a stone-built ghat and a steel bridge span the river under a hazy sky.2014-05-13May 14 20142014-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20142014-05-14Outdoors on red stone steps, a seated man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala and a large white and red flower garland, sits on a low wooden seat with a leopard-print cushion, smiling and holding a silver staff topped by a red fringed umbrella. A second man in a red-and-gold dhoti stands beside him holding a long wooden-handled red umbrella. Behind them, another figure in red sits on the steps, and a drum rests at the left edge. Ornate silver and cloth items and a white sack sit near the base of the seat. a person cues: the seated man's rudraksha mala and garland, with the attending umbrella bearers, in a ritual setting.2014-10-04