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Outdoor courtyard scene in front of a pale, weathered multi-storey building with a white temple spire at right. A smiling man with long dark hair tied up, wearing a red-and-gold striped cloth over bare shoulders and a large red-and-white marigold garland, stands at centre while a boy in a grey top and dark patterned cap holds a silver tray of flower petals and raises a handful toward him. Behind them, a man in an orange wrap and orange turban, another man in orange robes, and a woman in a red sari stand nearby. A photographer at right holds a camera with an external flash. A blue plastic drum sits at left. Several people are visible, roughly 2-5 in total.

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January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30Outdoor courtyard beside white and red shrine spires. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered dhoti, a rudraksha mala, a multicolour marigold garland and a tilak on his forehead stands with palms joined in greeting. Across from him, a person in a grey sweater and a dark patterned cap holds a metal plate of offerings. Behind, a man in orange robes and dark glasses photographs with a camera, and another man in orange holds a phone. A few other robed figures stand nearby.2014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30An outdoor courtyard scene in front of a whitish multi-storey building and white temple spires. An older man in an orange shawl, pink dhoti and a bright orange knitted cap places a flower garland around the neck of a smiling young man in a maroon and gold-striped dhoti, bare-chested. A tray of rose petals and marigolds sits in the lower left. Behind them, two men in orange robes stand, one holding a phone, and two women in maroon and orange saris walk in the background near a red-painted shrine. Whether the garland-giver is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone.2014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30Outdoor courtyard scene at a temple-like compound with a pale multi-storey building and a white shikhara-style spire at right. A young man in a dark polka-dot knit cap and grey sweater holds a metal tray of flower petals and marigolds. An elderly bearded sadhu in orange robes and an orange knit cap scatters petals from the tray. A smiling man with long dark hair, a rudraksha-style pink and orange marigold garland, and rust-red robes with gold trim stands in the centre with hands joined. Two other figures in red-orange robes stand behind, and a man in orange on the right holds a phone.2014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30Outdoor courtyard scene at a temple complex with weathered cream and white buildings and a small white shrine with red base behind. A bearded elder in saffron robes and an orange cap raises his hand in blessing toward a smiling young man wearing a red-and-gold saffron wrap, a long red and yellow marigold garland, and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, with hair tied up in a bun. A young man in a grey sweater and dark polka-dot cap holds a metal tray of mixed flower petals. Other saffron-robed sannyasis walk in the background, and a person in orange holds a phone at right.2014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30A 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.2015-10-03