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Outdoor photo on a sandy riverbank at dusk, with a pink-lavender sky and calm water behind the group. Several men stand close together, mostly bare-chested and wearing white dhotis or wraps, with several faces and bodies whitened by ash or clay. The man in the centre wears an orange and yellow checked wrap and has a fully whitened head and face, and he and others wear rudraksha beads on their chests. On the left a man in a white shirt and white trousers smiles beside them. Visible lettering across the lower right reads a copyright notice and archive source credit. Some people are mid-speech or singing with open mouths. Several devotees appear in a riverside ritual setting, with more people and cloth-spread areas faintly visible in the background.

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October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11December 22 20182018-12-22 +1 copiesThree bare-chested men stand side by side on ghat steps in Varanasi, their upper bodies and faces dusted with grey-white ash or powder. All three wear white dhotis; the man on the right has a green-bordered white cloth over his shoulder. The man on the left twirls his moustache with both hands and grins, the middle man wears a rudraksha-style pendant on a dark cord and gestures, and the man on the right smiles broadly. Behind them are weathered brick walls and painted murals on the ghat, with orange checked cloth and pink and green mats on the steps.2015-10-11Three bare-chested men in white dhotis stand together at a riverside ghat in Varanasi, with a brick wall and painted stone wall behind them. The man on the left waves with his right hand and wears a rudraksha mala and a small pendant; the man in the centre has a beard, a chain necklace and a pendant, and his palm is raised; the man on the right smiles, has a thread across his chest and a green-bordered dhoti. Their skin appears dusted with white powder, and pink and orange cushions or mats lie at the right edge. No figure is distinctly marked as a person by the visible cues required, so identity remains uncertain.2015-10-11Outdoor scene on stone steps beside a tall plastered wall under a clear blue sky. Many shirtless men wearing orange dhoti-style wraps stand and sit on the steps, some with white paste or ash smeared on their bodies and faces. In the centre, an older man with grey-streaked hair, white paste on his face and chest, and a rudraksha mala around his neck raises one hand and looks toward the camera. A younger shirtless man in an orange wrap stands at right, and a crowd of similarly dressed participants is visible behind them. Gold-topped finial and a small shrine structure appear at the left edge.2018-12-22June 02 20162016-06-02A bare-chested man with short dark hair and a trimmed beard stands on a stone ghat at dusk, smiling with both arms raised high. He wears only a white dhoti-style cloth and a thin chain at his neck, and his body appears dusted with light-coloured ash or powder. Behind him on the Ganges river, several wooden boats are moored along the bank, with a small group of people in colourful clothes gathered on a boat on the right and city lights glowing faintly on the far shore under a pink and lavender evening sky.2015-10-11