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A photograph of an elderly, bare-chested man with white hair and a white beard standing waist-deep in the Ganga river at a ghat, holding grass or leaves between his joined palms. He wears a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him, white-clad figures stand on the stone steps, one holding a steel vessel. Scattered flower petals float on the water and the steps. The scene appears to be a ritual bath at dawn in Varanasi.

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October 11 20152015-10-11A bare-chested older man with grey hair and a grey beard stands waist-deep in a calm river at dawn, cupping water in both hands as an offering. A red cloth hangs from his waist into the water. A small lit oil lamp floats on the water to his left. Wooden boats are moored and a few more drift in the hazy background under a pale sky.2015-10-11A photo of a bare-chested older man with grey hair and a short grey beard standing waist-deep in a calm river at dusk, cupping water in his hands and letting it spill from his fingers. He wears a wet white dhoti-like cloth and a reddish-brown cloth hangs from his waist into the water. A small wooden boat with a canopy sits on the left, with two distant figures near it, and a lit diya floats on the water. The pale sky and still water suggest a ghat ritual, possibly a river offering at dawn or dusk.2015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11A photograph of a bare-chested man with long, wet grey hair standing waist-deep in a calm river at dawn, hands pressed together in prayer and water splashing from his face as he offers water. A second bare-shouldered man stands in the water at left, and a small motorboat and distant shoreline appear in the hazy background.2015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11A photograph of a man standing waist-deep in a wide river at dawn, bare-chested with wet hair slicked back, palms pressed together in prayer above his head and face lifted skyward. A white cloth is wrapped around his lower body. To the left, another bare-chested man stands partly submerged, arms resting on the water. Behind them a covered wooden boat is moored near the shore under a pale, hazy sky. The scene suggests a ritual bath or water prayer.2015-10-11A photograph of an older bare-chested man standing waist-deep in a calm river at dawn, palms pressed together in anjali mudra and face raised toward the sky in prayer. His hair is grey and tied back, and he wears a light white cloth at the waist. A small covered boat with a canopy sits on the water at left, and a hazy shoreline stretches across the background under a pale grey sky. The water shows gentle ripples around him.2015-10-11An elderly man with grey hair and a grey beard stands waist-deep in the Ganga river at dawn, hands pressed together in anjali mudra and face tilted upward in prayer. Bare-chested, he appears to be performing morning river prayer. Small boats are moored at the bank in the misty background, and a few distant figures stand near the water's edge on the left. The calm, pale grey water reflects the early light.2015-10-11A man with wet, slicked-back hair stands waist-deep in a murky river at dawn, palms pressed together at chest height and face lifted upward in prayer, wearing a wet white cloth around his waist. Behind him, another bare-chested man wades in the water, and a covered wooden boat sits moored on the far bank under a hazy grey sky. The scene suggests a ritual bath in the Ganga, with no visible throne, saffron robes, malas or other markers identifying a person candidate.2015-10-11A photograph taken at a riverside ghat where a bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange saffron dhoti-style cloth wrapped at the waist kneels on stone steps, pouring water from a brass or gold-toned vessel into a river. Several onlookers in casual clothes stand along the steps behind him, including a man in a white cap and a person in blue jeans. Marigold petals and flowers lie on the steps. The scene reads as a ritual water offering at the river, with the visible cues described only by appearance.