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A person with long dark hair wearing an orange-red top and orange-red skirt stands barefoot on a wet sandy riverbank, bending forward to pour or offer something from cupped hands into shallow water that ripples in a circle. The flat, hazy shoreline stretches behind under a pale sky.

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January 08 20062006-01-08A person with long dark hair wearing an orange-red top and rust-orange dhoti stands barefoot on wet sandy riverbank, leaning forward and pouring water or ash from cupped hands into a shallow river. Concentric ripples spread across the still, muddy water. The flat river expanse and hazy sky extend behind. A faint date stamp reading 2006 appears at the lower left edge.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A woman in an orange sari with long dark hair kneels at the muddy edge of a river, pouring water from a small metal vessel into the shallows. Behind her a group of men and devotees stand on the sandy bank; one man in a dark jacket holds a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure with long hair and a crown-like headdress. Scattered marigold petals lie on the sand near the water, and a few people in white and dark clothing are visible further back at the sangam bank.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A figure with long dark hair wearing an orange-red wrap stands waist-deep in a wide river, hands pressed together in namaskar at the chest. Pale riverbank structures and a few distant figures line the far shore under a hazy sky. Ripples and a reflection of the wrap appear on the water.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A photograph taken at the Triveni Sangam confluence at Allahabad, with a date stamp reading 2006 1 7 in the upper right corner. A figure with long, dark, swept-back hair wears an orange-saffron garment and stands waist-deep in brownish river water, bending forward to dip or offer something into the flow; a white rope or thread trails in the water. Distant bathing ghats and a riverbank with other visible people line the horizon under a pale sky. a person by long hair and saffron clothing, shown performing a river ritual at the sangam.2006-01-08A photograph at the Triveni Sangam confluence in Allahabad shows a man standing waist-deep in a wide river, bare-chested and wearing a loose orange-red saffron wrap over his shoulders. He leans forward with his hands near the water, apparently offering or immersing something. Distant riverbanks with pale structures and tents line the hazy horizon under a bright sky. Probable Swamiji (appearance cues: long dark hair, saffron wrap, bare chest) performing a ritual dip and offering at the sacred river meeting point.2006-01-08