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A photograph taken at a busy riverside ghat in Varanasi, with a yellow sign reading Dashashwamedh Ghat above the street. In the foreground, a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe holds up a silver trident, seen from behind. A crowd of onlookers, including a girl in purple, a woman in white and men in white dhotis and casual clothes, stands along red railings beneath a bell hanging from a wire. A white temple spire rises behind the buildings under a clear blue sky. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and a trident held aloft.

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Photo taken from behind a long-haired figure in an orange saffron wrap and orange top, raising a silver trident (trishul) toward a street in Varanasi. A yellow sign reads Dashashwamedh Ghat beside a white building with red-barred windows and a hanging brass bell. Crowds stand along the street; several people in yellow and blue clothes raise hands in namaste or wave, and a man in a white cap and yellow kurta holds his palms together. Red scaffolding poles and a temple spire appear in the background under a clear blue sky.2006-01-06A photograph at a Varanasi ghat in winter daylight. In the left foreground a figure with long, swept-back dark hair and an orange saffron robe sits cross-legged on a stone platform, facing right with a hand resting on the knee; the appearance cues are long hair and saffron clothing, so this is a person candidate, seated in person. Behind and around him a crowd of devotees and visitors stands and sits; a man in a white kurta with a saffron-and-red scarf stands centre, a woman in a blue jacket and a woman in a purple headscarf sit nearby, and a man in a green striped sweater photographs with a DSLR camera while another person in a grey jacket also photographs. A yellow sign reads Dashashwamedh Ghat above a white building with red-barred windows. The visible physical people number roughly 20, so the count is 6-20.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photo taken from behind a person with long, dark, loose hair wearing a saffron-orange robe, raising one hand that holds a small silver trident-shaped object above a crowd on the stone steps of a riverside ghat in Varanasi. Many devotees in white, red, orange and grey clothing stand and sit on the steps. Behind them rise a pink temple spire, red and white poles topped with orange flags, and rows of open umbrellas along the riverfront. A corrugated metal roof edges the lower foreground. Partial signage reads Dashashwamedh and a yellow board in Hindi.2006-01-06Outdoors on a stone ghat in Varanasi, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged, wrapped in a flowing saffron-orange robe that covers his shoulders and lap. Behind him a crowd of onlookers sits and stands along the steps, including a man in a white kurta, a woman in a blue shawl, and a man in a green striped shirt, with a man in a white cap photographing. A yellow sign on a white building reads Shitala Mata Dham, Dashashwamedh Ghat. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long, swept-back hair and saffron-orange robes, consistent with the page's description of him at this event.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photograph taken on the Ganges at a Varanasi ghat. In the right foreground a person in an orange-saffron robe with an orange-brown high-collared top and long dark wavy hair holds up a silver trident (trishul) toward the river, seen from the side. Behind, several people stand on the stone steps and in rowboats; one wears a dark jacket and holds a camera, another wears a red cap and red jacket. Yellow and white rowboats sit on the water, some with plastic-wrapped bundles. Multi-storey sandstone buildings with arched windows and a signboard for Dipatiya Ghat rise behind the steps. a person appears as a probable in-person candidate: an orange robe, long swept hair and a trident, though the page says he is not at this event, so the identification stays uncertain.A man in a saffron-orange robe with a brown turtleneck stands on the water's edge at a riverside ghat, holding a silver trident upright in his right hand. Long dark hair flows behind him. Behind him rises a sandstone waterfront building with arched openings and a yellow sign reading Digpattiya Ghat. Wooden boats sit along the shore, and a few people in the background wear red and white. The scene appears to be early morning on the Ganges at Varanasi.Outdoor photo of a riverside ghat in Varanasi with a crowd of pilgrims on stone steps. In the foreground a figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange hooded robe and raises one arm, holding a trident aloft. Red-and-yellow flagpoles with umbrella-shaped canopies line the steps, and a pink temple tower stands behind. Shops and white buildings line the upper left, and a yellow sign reads VARAS. Several people in white dhotis and kurtas, and others in red and orange, are visible.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 07 20062006-01-07