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A man with long, windswept dark hair stands waist-deep in the shallow water at the edge of a stone ghat, wearing a flowing orange saffron cloth wrapped over his shoulder and body. Behind him, a crowd of devotees stands on the concrete steps and in the river: several men wear white dhotis, a woman in a white sari bends toward the water, and others wear pink, teal and red garments. The sky is bright and pale blue.

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A smiling person with long, wind-swept dark hair and a small red mark on the forehead stands waist-deep in the river at the Triveni Sangam, wearing a flowing saffron-orange wrap that clings to the water. Behind and around them, several devotees bathe, kneel and stand along a stone ghat under a pale blue sky; a man in white dhoti and shirt stands at right and a woman in white clothing kneels at left, while others wear red and dark clothing. The water is brownish and rippling in bright sunlight.2006-01-08A barefoot man in flowing saffron-orange robes stands on the wooden deck of a boat on a river, holding a long white pole upright in his right hand and smiling upward. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders, and a dark bindi-style mark is visible on his forehead. Behind him, a crowd of people sits in a second boat, and a rower in red clothing paddles a wooden boat on the left; another figure rows in the background on the right. A small trident symbol floats in the pale sky above. Sandals rest on the deck near his feet. a person: long swept hair, saffron robes and a sannyasi's bearing identify the central figure as the candidate, though the page does not state his presence. +1 copiesPhotograph at the Triveni Sangam riverbank in Allahabad under a bright hazy sky. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair wears a draped orange-saffron cloth, standing waist-deep in the river and looking away from the camera. Behind and to the left, people stand on the stone bank in white dhotis and a white t-shirt, a woman in a red knit cap and grey jacket, and a bare-chested man in an orange wrap wades in the water. On the right a boy in a teal sweater and grey shorts stands barefoot at the water's edge. Scattered flower petals float on the water.2006-01-08June 04 20162016-06-04Close photo of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak mark on his forehead, wearing a saffron-orange shawl draped over white clothing. He stands before a wide, muddy-brown river with calm ripples, and a distant riverbank crowd is blurred in the background. a person appearance cues: long dark hair, orange shawl and white clothing, near river water, with the page describing a Triveni Sangam visit.2006-01-08Outdoors on a wooden boat deck at a river ghat in early morning, a figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands barefoot, holding a silver trident upright in one hand and gesturing with the other hand toward the chest while looking upward and smiling. Behind on the water, several wooden boats carry seated people, some in red and grey clothing, and one person wears a face mask. Pale sky and misty water fill the background, with a blue flip-flop on the deck.A smiling man in front stands in profile wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over both shoulders and a sleeveless saffron garment, with a red bindi or tilak on his forehead and dark hair swept back. Behind him, a man in a white kurta wears an orange scarf and a dark beaded mala, and a curly-haired older man stands at left in white. Another figure in orange stands at the right edge. Bright windows are behind them. a person: the front man shows saffron/orange ascetic clothing and shoulder shawl cues, and the page notes a person at this event, but his appearance alone is not sufficient to confirm identity.2008-07-10October 17 20102010-10-17January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A photograph of a figure standing waist-deep in the river at a sacred confluence. The central figure is bare-chested with long, dark, wild hair swept back, wearing an orange-saffron cloth wrapped around the waist and falling to the water, with the right hand extended toward the water. Behind him to the left, a man in a light grey knit sweater and blue jeans, also in the water, holds a camera to his face. In the background, other people stand and wade near moored blue boats along the shore, and a red flag flies on a pole at the right.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08