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Outdoor street scene at a busy market stall selling rudraksha malas and black stone items on red cloth and wooden racks. A central figure wears an orange turban, ornate gold necklace and a red-and-gold draped garment with an orange shawl, and holds a small object while standing among devotees. Around them, people in saffron and orange robes and white clothing crowd close; a man in a grey cap and dark blue jacket leans over the stall counter. Garlands of marigold-like flowers lie on the ground in the lower left.

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Photograph of an outdoor street scene at a busy market stall. In the left foreground a man wearing an orange turban and a red-and-orange draped robe with a gold necklace stands beside a vendor. The vendor, in a grey cap and blue-and-grey jacket, is handling a small object near the stall. Strings of rudraksha malas hang in the foreground and a red cloth display holds dark figurines and beads. Behind them several people in orange scarves and white clothing, including a woman in sunglasses, stand among onlookers.2011-08-01A street scene in a Himalayan-style town with a crowd of pilgrims. A man in an orange turban, red-and-orange draped robe and a heavy gold necklace stands at center, leaning in to a bystander and gesturing with an open hand. Behind him, a stall under a blue tarp displays long strings of rudraksha malas hanging in dense rows. A woman in a leopard-print shawl and orange clothing stands nearby, and a man in a grey cap and blue jersey faces the stall. Balconied buildings and a yellow house line the street.2011-08-01Crowded street photo under a blue tarpaulin awning at a market stall selling rudraksha malas and small metal charms hung on wire racks. A young man in a red dhoti-style garment with gold waist and neck ornaments and an orange turban stands at the left, seen partly from behind, with his head bowed. Beside him a smiling woman in sunglasses and a purple top stands near the stall. Many people in orange and saffron shawls and white clothes crowd the street behind, with a white van parked further back. A vendor in a blue shirt and cap works at the counter at lower left.2011-08-01August 01 20112011-08-01January 05 20062006-01-05September 30 20112011-09-30A crowded procession scene under a tent with red-tinted lighting. A central bare-chested figure wears an orange-red turban, layered red-brown beaded necklaces and rudraksha-style malas, with long dark hair and an orange dhoti; the appearance is a person candidate, standing in the middle of devotees. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha malas flank him, one with a wristwatch. Devotees in white kurtas and a man in a red cap surround them, and a gilded palanquin or ratha with tassels stands in the background at right. The scene reads as a procession or greeting at an ashram gathering.2013-02-11September 12 20112011-09-12 +2 copiesA street procession in a crowded Indian town. At center, a smiling man in a rust-red and gold robe and matching red turban wears a large white flower garland over a red-and-white rudraksha-style garland, and holds a silver trident (trishul). He stands barefoot among other men in rust-red and saffron robes, some with gold necklaces. To his right, a bald man in an orange-saffron robe gestures with open palm. Uniformed police officers in dark blue caps and khaki shirts line the crowd, and a man in a striped knit cap holds a phone. Behind, ornate red and tasselled processional umbrellas and red flags rise above the crowd, with a painted figure on a tall structure at the top right.2015-09-15A festival procession under an orange and white tented canopy at a Kumbh Mela gathering. A central figure in a rust-orange turban and saffron robe wears a thick rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles, smiling as he walks beneath a yellow umbrella with beaded fringe. Around him, saffron-clad sadhus with shaved heads and turbans walk among devotees; a bearded sadhu in peach robes stands at left, and a man in a saffron dhoti with gold malas walks at right. Devotees crowd the scene, including a woman in yellow sari, a man in a blue shirt holding a child, and a man in white shirt bending forward. A phone is raised at the far left and marigold garlands hang at lower left.2016-04-22September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesA narrow market street lined with stalls selling rudraksha malas, bangles, brass bells, tassels and other religious trinkets. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange hooded top, an orange shawl and a heavy gold necklace, walking through the crowd. Behind him a man in a white cap, white shirt and white dhoti, with a lanyard badge, walks past a stall; other men in white caps and red lanyards are among the crowd, and a seated vendor sits at the right. Strings of beads hang from the awnings.2006-01-05