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A man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged on a tiled temple platform in front of a white and yellow shrine with red trim, its arched doorway carved with red and gold motifs and inscribed with Devanagari text reading Shri Kashi Vishwanath. He wears an orange robe, an orange shawl and a dark rudraksha mala. Two bells hang from chains beside the door. Behind him, a seated man in white and orange and a standing man in an orange shawl holding a camera stand near a pillar, with green trees behind. The printed marble plaques on the wall carry Sanskrit text. Swamiji (probable) is the seated figure, identified by long hair, orange robes and rudraksha mala.

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A barefoot man in orange robes and an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a tiled step against the white wall of a temple with a yellow and red doorway. He wears a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead, and his long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Above the door hang brass bells on chains, and a red-lettered sign reads Shri Kashi Vishwanath. Nearby, a man in a red shirt and grey trousers with an orange shawl photographs, and two seated men in white and orange sit further back beside a stone railing with trees behind. Two marble plaques with Sanskrit text are mounted on the wall.2008-07-01A seated man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a tiled walkway against the white and yellow wall of a temple doorway. He wears a black high-necked top under the orange garments, a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, and a red tilak on his forehead; he is barefoot. Above the doorway, painted red script reads Shri Kashi Vishwanath. Brass bells hang from chains beside the eaves, and marble inscription plaques with Devanagari text are mounted on the walls. Behind him, a second man in white and orange sits with hands pressed together in prayer near a yellow-railed gate, with green trees beyond.2008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01Outside the white and red Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple with yellow arched doorway and red trim, devotees in saffron robes stand and sit on the entrance platform. A seated sadhvi in orange with a rudraksha mala sits at left beside a stone plaque, while a man in an orange shawl stands at right with a rudraksha mala and saffron wrap. Tourists in casual clothes, including a man with a backpack, enter the temple doorway with bells hanging above.2008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01Outdoor gathering at a red-and-white Hindu shrine with yellow doorway and a sign reading Sri Kashi Vishwanath temple. Dozens of devotees in orange and saffron clothing sit on a paved courtyard before the temple steps, while a standing man in orange robes with bare feet and a shaved head addresses them; a woman in orange sits on the temple step at right. A small pink open pavilion with hanging bells stands to the left under trees, and mountains rise behind.2008-07-01