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A photo of a group ascending stone steps toward a sandy riverbank. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind wears a bright orange-red turban decorated with white flowers, a marigold garland around the neck, and a saffron-orange shawl over bare shoulders. Around them, many devotees in saffron and red shawls, white dhotis and kurtas, and white-and-green lanyard badges climb the steps. Several men have orange tilak marks on their foreheads, and some wear rudraksha malas. A small figure in white and red stands far to the right on a raised platform. The bright sand and sunlight fill the background.

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October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoor photo on pale stone steps leading down to a river ghat. In the foreground, a person seen from behind wears a large red-orange turban decorated with white flowers, an orange-and-gold shawl, a marigold garland and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, and holds a small metal vessel. Facing them, a group of devotees in white clothes and red-orange shawls with green lanyards stands on the steps, several with orange tilak on their foreheads. A man in the centre with a bare upper body and red shawl bows with palms pressed together. A cameraperson with a camera is visible at the top, and a figure in white and orange stands far up the steps at the right.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoor ghat steps by the Ganges in Varanasi, with a large crowd of devotees in red and orange saffron shawls and white dhotis. In the foreground a bald man in a rust-red robe with a rudraksha mala holds a silver pot and a brass-handled fan-like implement beside a figure whose head is wrapped in a rust-red turban decorated with white flower petals and an orange marigold garland. Other devotees press their palms together and watch, while a photographer in white stands at right. Stone steps and a white-cloth-covered boat row sit in the background. Visible crowd is roughly two dozen people.2015-10-03Photograph on a pale stone ghat steps at the Ganges in Varanasi. In the foreground a figure seen from behind wears a rust-red turban, a white flower garland, a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace over an orange and gold shawl, and bare shoulders, walking up the steps. Around him devotees in white clothes with orange and red shawls reach out their hands, one in a white dhoti with a crossed brown bag and lanyard touches the head of a bald man. A cameraman with a video camera films, and a few other photographers are nearby. Shaved-headed monks in saffron stand at left, and a figure in pink sits in the distance up the steps.2015-10-03Outdoor ghat steps descending toward a wide, pale sandy riverbank and a broad river under hazy sky. In the foreground, a man in a dark red-maroon turban decorated with white flower garlands and an orange marigold garland faces away, one arm raised, near a figure in maroon and orange robes with a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white and pink clothing climb or lean forward on the stone steps, one bending low in greeting. Other sannyasi-style figures in maroon and gold-bordered robes stand nearby, and a photographer in white with a camera is at right. A pink canopy and white tents line the far riverbank.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03A photograph of a crowd of devotees ascending stone steps at a riverside ghat in Varanasi. In the foreground a figure in a red-orange turban and marigold garland holds a silver staff with a mace-like top, reaching toward a woman in a red-orange saree with a rudraksha mala who is smiling and climbing. Nearby people wear red-orange robes, marigold garlands and bright yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. Other women in white saris with green lanyards and men in orange shawls press along the steps behind them, with more people visible above on the stairs.2015-10-03