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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoor 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 20142014-01-30January 20 20142014-01-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a street-side exchange outside a building with a metal grille and hanging greenery. In the foreground, a bearded man in orange shirt and black rudraksha mala folds his hands in greeting. Beside him, a bald man in a saffron-orange shawl with a bead necklace stands near the door. On the right, a sadhu in a deep red turban and bare-chested with an orange shawl and yellow flower garland folds his hands in namaste. Other saffron-robed sadhus, a man in a red turban, and onlookers stand behind, with a bare-chested older devotee and several people further back.2015-09-14June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony with a man in a grey knitted vest over a red sweater offering a long pink and red flower garland to a bare-chested man in dark red and gold-bordered robes, who bows forward with his hands joined. A saffron-robed man stands at left, and a sannyasi in orange robes with a tilak stands behind the bowing figure. A brass plate holding marigolds and flowers sits near the garland. Several onlookers in casual and white clothing stand in the background near a pale pink building. The bowing figure wears a long garland, gold ornaments and a rudraksha mala, and has his hair tied up with flowers.2014-01-20 +1 copiesJune 23 20132013-06-23 +2 copiesJanuary 30 20142014-01-30March 14 20142014-03-14March 14 20142014-03-14A photograph in a narrow whitewashed corridor of an ashram or temple in Varanasi, with a long row of food-laden plates on a low table along the right. On the right, a smiling man in a deep red-maroon turban, a garland of white flowers and orange marigolds, and a red-and-yellow striped dhoti and shawl stands near the plates. Several saffron-robed sannyasis surround the scene, including a bearded elder on the left with a multicoloured shawl, rudraksha mala and walking stick, and a shaved-headed monk in orange bending forward with hands pressed together in greeting. Other monks in orange and pink robes stand behind, some barefoot, and a man in white is partly visible at the far right. Under the photograph's caption, the right-hand man in the maroon turban and orange garland has some appearance-based cues matching the a person label, though the identification is uncertain.2015-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of an ashram courtyard in front of a pink-painted pavilion with lattice screens. A crowd of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees stands around a conversation. In the centre, a bald, white-bearded elder in an orange shawl and saffron robe faces a figure seen from behind with long dark hair tied back, wearing a red-maroon dhoti with gold borders and a gold-coloured garland. On the left a man in a red-maroon dhoti with rudraksha mala and a folded orange cloth in hand listens. Several men in orange robes and beards stand behind, and a man at right holds a mobile phone.2014-03-14