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A photograph of a street scene in New Delhi where a man with long, dark, wavy hair stands barefoot on the pavement, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder. Small flames and a thin trail of smoke rise from the asphalt in front of him, and broken pieces of white pumpkin and coconut lie scattered on the road. Behind him closed metal shutters, a yellow shutter and shop signs for a photostat and xerox service and a South Indian tiffin stall line the street.

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A photograph taken on a city street at dusk beside closed shutter storefronts, one reading S.T.D./I.S.D./FAX and another with South Indian tiffin hours. A barefoot man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a white tilak on the forehead, stands in the middle of the road. Before him on the asphalt lie two broken coconut halves and small flickering oil lamps, part of a ritual breaking of coconut. Three men in white stand at the side watching: one in a white shirt and grey trousers with a rudraksha-style mala, one in white dhoti and shirt with hands together, and one in white shirt and trousers. Pieces of trash lie on the road.2006-05-22Street photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe, barefoot, with a white tilak marking on his forehead, standing on a paved road and holding a thin stick or rod. Broken coconut pieces lie scattered on the ground around him, consistent with a coconut-breaking ritual. On the left, a smiling man in white clothes stands by a shuttered shop front. Closed metal shutters, a yellow shutter and signboards in Tamil and Hindi line the street, with a xerox and STD/ISD sign visible.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22June 15 2004 - Himalayan Yatra - Delhi and Rishikesh2004-06-15 +1 copiesMay 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 man in a saffron-orange turban and matching orange wrap-around robe stands on a paved street in front of a pink-columned building with shuttered shopfronts. He has long dark hair falling past his shoulders, a darker rust-coloured inner garment visible at the arms, and his hands are clasped in front of him as he looks off to one side. Behind him a bicycle leans against the wall beside signage for STD/ISD/PCO telephone booths, and scattered litter lies on the ground.Photograph from behind of a bare-backed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl walking along a street in a city market, holding a green pumpkin with a lit flame on top in his raised right hand, and a thin wooden stick in his left hand. Shop signs read Yen Shop, Wholesale and Retail, and Money Changer; a white bus stands at the right beside an open door. A person in white is partly visible at the right edge. The man has long dark curly hair; the pumpkin ritual suggests a yatra start.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.2006-05-22