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Outdoor photo on stone steps beside a weathered sandstone wall at a Varanasi ghat. A man in a maroon-red turban and red-brown robe with gold borders sits, eyes lowered, wearing orange and white marigold and jasmine garlands over a rudraksha mala. He receives a small metal pot from a hand reaching in from the right. Behind him stand three robed men: one holds a silver trident, another a silver staff with a finial, and a third in red-brown robes with a rudraksha mala and forehead tilak. A figure in orange robes appears at the far left edge. The scene looks like a ritual offering or water-pouring moment at the ghat.

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October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03A seated man in a red-maroon turban and maroon robe with gold-yellow borders sits on a stone step against a sandstone wall, wearing a marigold and white jasmine garland and a gold pendant over rudraksha beads. He rests one hand on a red patterned mat and holds a tall silver staff with engraved decoration, smiling. Behind him stand devotees in maroon and gold-bordered robes with rudraksha malas; one holds a small metal cup and another a water bottle. Setting appears to be a stone temple ghat in Varanasi.2015-10-03A barefoot man in a maroon and saffron-bordered robe and matching red turban stands on temple steps in Varanasi, holding a tall silver staff with a decorative top. He wears a layered orange marigold garland over a white jasmine garland with a rudraksha mala beneath, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, another robed figure in maroon and a rudraksha mala stands at the doorway of a pink-washed building with Hindi lettering. On the left, a figure in white dhoti and shoulder bag walks up the steps. The sign reads Mahanirvani Akhara style lettering. Several onlookers are visible near the entrance.2015-10-03Outdoor photo on temple steps beneath a pink arched facade with partly visible Devanagari lettering reading as Mahanirvani. A central man in a red-maroon turban with a vermilion mark wears an orange and white flower garland, rudraksha mala beads, and a maroon robe with gold borders, smiling while holding a small steel vessel as another man pours water from a silver pole. Around him stand devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with shaved heads, and another robed man with a rudraksha mala. a person: the central figure has a red turban, garlands and rudraksha malas, cues consistent with the page's claim, but the appearance is not certain enough to confirm.2015-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20152015-10-03Photograph of a ritual outside a stone temple entrance with carved arches and a pale yellow-brown brick wall. A seated man in a deep maroon robe with a red turban and orange-yellow sash wears an orange and white marigold garland and sips or touches a small metal vessel held by a shaven-headed man in maroon with rudraksha beads on the right. Around him, standing attendants in maroon robes and rudraksha malas hold silver staffs topped with trident and finial. A woman in orange sari and a man in saffron robes stand at left. a person: the seated central figure wears a red turban, orange-yellow sash and a marigold garland, with the seated ritual role. Setting is a Varanasi-style ghat temple.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03A photograph of saffron-clad sannyasis outside a yellow-washed building in Varanasi. In the centre, a man in a deep red turban with a red-and-white tilak wears a marigold garland with white flower strands and a rudraksha mala; he wears a red and orange dhoti-style wrap. Beside him, a bald man in red-and-gold robes with wire-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Behind them, saffron-robed men stand on concrete steps, one blowing a conch shell and another holding a brass vessel. A barred brown metal window sits in the wall. Appearance-based cues are not distinctive enough to name a person, so the central turbaned figure is described by role only.2015-10-03Four people in maroon and saffron robes stand and sit on the stone ghat steps above the Ganges in Varanasi, with pale sand banks and moored boats behind them. A seated man in the foreground wears a maroon turban, an orange and white marigold garland and rudraksha beads, and rests his hand on a folded patterned rug. Behind him a bald man with a tall silver staff topped by a trident-like finial stands, another man holds a small silver pot, and a woman in maroon with rudraksha beads stands at the right edge. The men have sandalwood or tilak marks on their foreheads. The scene reads as a pilgrimage visit to a riverside shrine during a spiritual programme.2015-10-03