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A photograph taken on a river boat on the Ganges at Varanasi, with weathered stone ghats and steps rising behind. A man in an orange striped shirt and dark trousers stands at the back of the boat, photographing with a camera raised to his face. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe sits in the foreground, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. Beside him sits a man in a light blue hooded top, and another person in pale trousers sits near the bow. A small boat with orange and white markings floats on the water in the background. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), seated in the foreground wearing a saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair; appearance is consistent but not fully certain.

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2006 - Glimpses From Varanasi YatraJanuary 07 20062006-01-07A wooden boat on the Ganges river at Varanasi, with a hazy city skyline of old multi-storey buildings and small temple domes along the ghats behind it. Four people sit in the boat in orange clothing. On the left, a person in an orange shawl and white trousers sits at the stern. In the middle, a woman in an orange shawl laughs while seated beside a man in khaki trousers holding a camera. Behind them, a standing man in an orange shirt holds a camera to his face and steadies himself with a long pole. A fifth person in a light grey hooded jacket sits at the right edge. A green-and-orange metal box sits in the boat.2006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07A photograph taken from a wooden boat on a river, with a long riverfront of pink and ochre buildings and steps behind it under a pale hazy sky. A man in an orange long-sleeved shirt and jeans stands at the boat's edge holding a camera to his face. Beside him, a person in a long orange robe with long dark hair sits on the boat, and another person in a light-colored hooded jacket crouches at the stern steering with a long pole. A second person in grey holds a camera on a pole near the seated figure. A small crate sits on the boat's front deck.2006-01-07Photograph on the Ganges at Varanasi showing a wooden boat with a long-haired figure in a flowing orange robe seated at the front, smiling and holding a silver trident upright, with a small camera in the hands of a person behind. A man in an orange-and-white striped long-sleeved shirt and jeans stands on the gunwale photographing with a camera, and a person in a white hooded sweatshirt crouches at the right holding a paddle. Behind them rise old ghat buildings and pale pink and yellow houses along the riverbank under a hazy sky. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure wears orange robes and has long swept-back hair, a trident-holding ritual pose, consistent with a sannyasi presentation.2006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07A photograph of a wooden boat on the Ganges river at Varanasi, with ghats and old buildings along the far bank under a pale sky. A long-haired figure in orange robes sits in the boat with a long oar, a man in an orange jacket and jeans stands behind holding a camera, and a crouching man in a white hooded sweatshirt and brown trousers sits at the stern.2006-01-07A photograph taken on a river boat on the Ganges at Varanasi, with wooden boats and ghats in the background. A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits on the boat wearing a loose saffron-orange wrap. Behind him a man in an orange striped shirt and dark trousers stands holding a camera, and to the right a man in a grey hooded sweatshirt and brown trousers crouches on the boat edge holding a rope. The seated man shows a person appearance from the long hair and saffron wrap, though his identity is uncertain from appearance alone.January 07 20062006-01-07A wooden rowing boat on a river at dawn, with a riverside city of pink and white buildings and ghats behind it. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe sits in the stern, one hand raised to the forehead and smiling. Standing behind them is a bald man in an orange-striped jacket and jeans, holding a small dark object. In the bow, a third man in a white hooded top and brown trousers sits with an oar.2006-01-07