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Outdoor photo of devotees gathered on a white platform above stone ghats, with a riverside city of buildings and trees behind them. A central figure in a red-orange wrap and dark patterned lower garment, wearing a flower garland and smiling, walks toward the camera with palms pressed in namaste. Around them devotees in orange and red shawls and white clothes kneel and stand with hands folded in greeting, one man in white kneeling beside a drum. A speaker and camera equipment sit at the edge of the platform. No clear appearance-based a person cues are visible on the central figure, so the identity is left uncertain.

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Outdoors on a stone ghat steps and marble-tiled riverside platform, a shaved-headed man in an orange-red dhoti and a leopard-print wrap walks forward with a long rudraksha-style mala hanging from his neck, a red sash across his chest, and a bindi on his forehead. Women and men line both sides in white kurtas, cream and blue saris, yellow salwar kameez and red shawls, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. Purple and dark yoga mats lie on the ground, and a few robed monks in saffron stand on the steps behind. A small child in pink sits in the foreground. Trees and a pale evening sky frame the riverbank.2014-03-10May 13 20142014-05-13Outdoor ghat steps descending toward a wide, pale sandy riverbank and a broad river under hazy sky. In the foreground, a man in a dark red-maroon turban decorated with white flower garlands and an orange marigold garland faces away, one arm raised, near a figure in maroon and orange robes with a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white and pink clothing climb or lean forward on the stone steps, one bending low in greeting. Other sannyasi-style figures in maroon and gold-bordered robes stand nearby, and a photographer in white with a camera is at right. A pink canopy and white tents line the far riverbank.2015-10-03May 13 20142014-05-13Outdoor photo on a boat deck over a river, with a crowd seated in front. A man in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha mala and a bold forehead marking stands at center holding a tall brass trident (trishul) and smiling. Nearby, a figure in red-orange robes with bare shoulders stands at left, and a woman in orange sits in the foreground. Many seated people wear white and light clothing, and sandy riverbank and small boats are visible across the water. The central standing man has long dark hair and distinctive ceremonial adornments, consistent with the page's reference to a person, so the appearance-based label applies: a person, present in person and standing as the speaker on the boat during the Varanasi satsang.2014-04-30May 20 20142014-05-20June 04 20162016-06-04Outdoor photograph of a group of devotees walking along a sandy riverbank with stone ghats and steps behind them. Most wear white kurta-style clothing with red-orange shawls or stoles and some wear garlands. A man in the front left wears a white shirt and orange-red shawl, a woman beside him wears a maroon sari with a garland, and a woman in the middle wears a white dress with a red stole. A bearded man in white with a bag stands near the centre-right, and a long-haired man in white with a rudraksha mala and red stole walks on the right. Some people are visible at a distance on the steps behind the group.2014-05-13Outdoor photo at a riverside ghat with a stone-paved walkway and steps. A central man in saffron-orange robes with a leopard-print cloth around his waist and a long rudraksha mala around his neck walks forward smiling, barefoot on a patterned mat. Flanking him, many devotees stand with palms pressed in anjali, women in white, yellow and blue salwar, and several in red-orange scarves. Behind them, a saffron-robed monk stands on the steps and another holds red cloth. Trees and an overcast sky frame the scene. a person candidate is present, identified by the rudraksha mala, saffron robe and smiling walk among devotees.2014-03-10Outdoor photo on the sandy ghat steps beside the Ganges in Varanasi, with a wide pale river and moored boats behind. A man with a shaved head and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing maroon and orange robes and rudraksha malas, stands at left. In the centre, a figure with his back to the camera wears a maroon turban with white flowers, an orange marigold garland and orange-and-maroon robes, pointing upward with one arm raised. Smiling women in red-bordered saris and shawls sit on the steps, with more devotees behind them and a few people in white at left. Scattered visible people number roughly twenty, and the crowd is seated and standing on the stone steps.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03