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A narrow Varanasi lane with a line of walking pilgrims. In front, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes wears a thick marigold garland and holds a long staff, walking forward. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a purple cord carries a black bag, and a woman in a yellow-green saree with a dark shawl walks ahead. Men and women follow in the background past a shop with snacks hung in its doorway, a bicycle leaning on the left wall, and a temple shikhara rising behind the buildings. Probable Swamiji is the saffron-robed figure: long swept-back hair, a marigold garland and saffron clothing identify him as a sannyasi-style figure in procession.

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Street photo in a narrow lane of Varanasi with a weathered temple shikhara visible behind buildings. In the foreground a man with long dark swept-back hair, a red tilak, a thick marigold garland and an orange-red robe walks holding a tall staff, smiling. Beside him a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and kurta with a purple-edged shawl and lanyard walks, carrying a black bag. Behind them a crowd of pilgrims, a woman in a green and yellow sari, and shopkeepers in front of a stall selling snacks. Bicycles line the left edge.2006-01-06Photograph of four men walking single file down a narrow stone-paved lane in an old Indian town, flanked by weathered sandstone buildings with overhead cables. In front, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a large marigold garland, smiling and walking barefoot in sandals; the appearance is consistent with a person by his long hair, saffron robe and ceremonial garland. Behind him a man in white dhoti and kurta with a sacred thread walks with a staff, a man in a green shirt walks at left, and a bald man in an orange shirt and jeans carries a camera at right. A maroon signboard with Devanagari script hangs over the lane, and a stone carved shrine spire rises at right.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photograph of a narrow lane in Varanasi with weathered pale walls and a green shuttered window. A figure seen from behind wears an orange sweater and orange dhoti-style cloth, with a large marigold and white flower garland around the shoulders, and carries a thin metal rod. Beside and behind them walk two older women wrapped in brown and grey shawls, one with a red bindi-like mark on the forehead, and a man in a grey cap and brown wrap further back.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06 +1 copiesA narrow stone-paved lane in an old Indian town, lined with shuttered buildings, shopfronts and parked motorbikes. Several people walk toward the camera. In the centre, a man in ochre-saffron robes with a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant walks beside a shaved-headed man in orange-red robes and a bead mala. Behind them, men in white kurtas and a woman in a patterned sari walk along the lane. A man in a beige shirt and checked lungi stands at left near a pillar, and posters are pasted on the walls at right.2015-05-04February 13 20132013-02-13January 06 20062006-01-06May 04 20152015-05-04January 06 20062006-01-06