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A photograph of a crowd of devotees in a narrow street at night. Most are women in red and orange saris with gold borders, some with red and white shawls over their heads, wearing rudraksha and silver beaded malas. Several have yellow-orange tilak marks on their foreheads. Men in the right foreground wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas. A shop shutter and a wall with printed Hindi/Devanagari lettering and a blue sign frame the scene. Nobody is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.

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A narrow, crowded market lane with shuttered shop fronts and hanging wires. A group of devotees walks through, mostly women in rust-red and maroon saris with gold borders, several wearing rudraksha malas, with orange-yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. A young man in white with a teal and beaded mala and a red shawl walks at the front right, and a woman in white with a red shawl stands at the right edge. A police officer in uniform stands at the left edge. A signboard reads L.N. Kapoor & Company, Smart Light Shop. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2015-07-16October 12 20132013-10-12September 16 20152015-09-16May 08 20152015-05-08Photo 11724200 +2 copiesNight street procession of barefoot sannyasis walking on a wet road past shuttered shops and a yellow police barrier. Most wear rust-red and saffron robes with gold-bordered dhotis, large gold necklaces and ceremonial pendants. Central figure in the middle wears a bright orange-saffron robe, white forehead markings and a rudraksha-style mala, walking at the front of the group. Behind them a man in a red turban and red robe walks among others. Devotees and onlookers stand in the background near a signboard in Marathi.2015-09-16May 08 20152015-05-08Night procession on a crowded Indian street lit by street lamps and a poster-covered wall. At the centre, an older man with a shaved head and white tripundra marks wears a saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala, walking between two men in maroon-red dhotis and wrappers with gold-yellow borders and heavy beaded garlands with gold pendants. A man in saffron shawl and a red turban walk nearby, and a woman in a maroon sari with gold border and gold necklaces stands to the left. Devotees in red and white stand behind. a person: the older centre man wears saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks, matching the page's a person reference, which is only partly supported by his appearance.2015-09-16A night-time outdoor gathering of women and girls in orange and saffron saris with red and gold borders, wearing long rudraksha malas and white vibhuti tripundra marks on their foreheads. In the centre a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi presses her palms together in anjali, while the young woman in front stands with her hands folded calmly. Other participants stand behind them against dark foliage, several with white forehead marks and some with hands clasped at the chest.2013-04-24Night scene at a riverside ghat with bright floodlights and a crowd of pilgrims. In the centre, a man in a red-orange turban and saffron-red robe with a gold-trimmed sash and heavy gold and bead necklaces stands with hands joined, eyes lowered, leading a procession. Beside him a bald man in a saffron shawl wears a gold mala, and an older man in orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and white forehead tilak kneels or bows at the front-right. Other devotees in orange and red garments and white tilak line the water's edge, and a banner in Hindi hangs above the steps. Devotees in orange and red clothing with gold ornaments line the water, with a white-robed woman at left.2015-09-16 +1 copiesA night-time procession moves along a street in front of a yellow building and a sign showing a meditating figure. A central figure in a bright orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti, with a grey-streaked head covering and a dark beaded mala, walks barefoot near the middle. Around him, several men in white dhotis with gold borders wear red and gold shawls, rudraksha-style malas and gold chains, with white tripundra marks on their forereheads. One man in orange garments and another in a red turban walk nearby, and a uniformed police officer stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a devotional procession in an Indian town.2015-09-16April 11 20122012-04-11 +2 copies