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A photograph of a crowd of devotees ascending stone steps at a riverside ghat in Varanasi. In the foreground a figure in a red-orange turban and marigold garland holds a silver staff with a mace-like top, reaching toward a woman in a red-orange saree with a rudraksha mala who is smiling and climbing. Nearby people wear red-orange robes, marigold garlands and bright yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. Other women in white saris with green lanyards and men in orange shawls press along the steps behind them, with more people visible above on the stairs.

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October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoor photo on stone steps by a river ghat in India. A bare-chested figure on the left in a saffron-orange wrap with a red-orange turban, orange marigold garland and a rudraksha mala raises a silver staff and a hand toward the crowd. Beside him a bald man in rust-red robes, wire-rimmed glasses and a long rudraksha mala holds a small silver vessel. A smiling woman in red-orange sari with a rudraksha mala has orange-yellow tilak on her forehead. Around them many devotees in white and red-orange dhotis and shawls, some with forehead tilak, climb and gather on the steps, with a black shoulder bag and a light-coloured bag visible at right. The person in the turban has distinctive saffron clothing and garlands, so the appearance matches the a person candidate with probable cues, but the figure is partly turned away and the face is not clearly visible.2015-10-03Outdoor ghat steps by the Ganges in Varanasi, with a large crowd of devotees in red and orange saffron shawls and white dhotis. In the foreground a bald man in a rust-red robe with a rudraksha mala holds a silver pot and a brass-handled fan-like implement beside a figure whose head is wrapped in a rust-red turban decorated with white flower petals and an orange marigold garland. Other devotees press their palms together and watch, while a photographer in white stands at right. Stone steps and a white-cloth-covered boat row sit in the background. Visible crowd is roughly two dozen people.2015-10-03Outdoor ghat steps at the Ganges in Varanasi with many saffron-clad devotees. A man in the centre wears wire-rimmed glasses, a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small silver vessel while standing beside a smiling woman in a saffron sari with a rudraksha mala who presses her palms together. A man at the left has a saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and a yellow tilak on his forehead. A figure in the foreground wears a saffron turban with white flower petals and a marigold garland, and holds a silver staff with a trident-like top. Other people in white and saffron dhotis and robes stand on the steps with their hands in anjali, and a kneeling person at the right wears a rudraksha mala and bangles.2015-10-03July 22 20132013-07-22October 03 20152015-10-03July 22 20132013-07-22