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A man with long, dark, swept-back hair and bare legs kneels at the edge of a river, pouring water from a small teal ceramic pot into the flowing water. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped around his upper body. Behind him, people in white and orange garments stand on a concrete ghat, and a richly decorated deity murti with marigold and white flower garlands sits on an orange cloth. A brass lamp with a flame, a small green box and a bamboo pole lie nearby. The scene suggests a ritual offering at a riverbank.

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A young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped around his body, kneels at the edge of a river bank in shallow muddy water and pours water from a small turquoise pot. Behind him, a concrete ghat is lined with standing people in orange and white clothing and a deity murti decorated with white and multicoloured garlands. A small oil lamp burns on the ledge beside a brass bell, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a small green box. A bamboo pole lies in the water. The scene appears to be a ritual water offering at a river ghat.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A photograph of a river ghat at a outdoor ritual. In the centre, a young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped around his body, kneels on the wet edge of the concrete steps and dips his hand into muddy water. Behind him, a bamboo pole runs along the water. To the right, a large decorated deity murti of a standing figure with a crown is framed by white, yellow and green garlands, with two smaller attendant figures in orange clothing. A brass oil lamp with a small flame sits on the steps. Around them, devotees in orange and white clothes stand with folded hands, one woman in an orange sari and a shaved-headed young woman in a pink top watch quietly, and a man wears a white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha mala.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A photograph of a long-haired figure seated on a stone ghat step at the water's edge, bare-backed with an orange-saffron cloth wrapped at the waist and draped over the lap. Both hands hold a pair of brass or gold-toned vessels, pouring water from them into a murky green river. Some marigold flowers lie on the stone. At the left edge, a person in jeans and a bead bracelet holds a metal rod, and another person in a white shirt is partly visible. Ripples spread across the water.2006-01-05A 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.January 05 20062006-01-052006 - Glimpses From Varanasi YatraA bare-chested sadhu with long dark hair, wearing an orange cloth wrapped around the waist and an orange shawl, sits on a stone ghat at the water's edge and pours water from a brass vessel into a river. Scattered marigold flowers lie on the stone steps. Behind him, a few people in orange and white stand on the steps, and a concrete bridge and buildings rise along the far bank under a hazy sky.2006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-052006 - Glimpses From Varanasi Yatra