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A bare-chested man stands waist-deep in a wide river at dawn, hands pressed together in prayer and face tilted upward as water runs down his head and neck. A second man in the left foreground also wades in the water. Behind them a covered wooden boat with a red-trimmed hull sits near the bank, with two people seated in it, under a pale hazy sky. The man in front has wet long dark hair and no visible robes, malas or ornaments, so there is no distinctive cue to identify him.

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A photograph of a bald, bearded man standing waist-deep in a river at dawn, palms pressed together in prayer and face lifted upward as water splashes around him. Shirtless and wet, he is in a Ganga-style ritual bathing posture. To the left, another man in the water reaches out, and a flat-bottomed boat with a canopy sits on the hazy river behind them under a pale sky.2015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11A man stands waist-deep in a river at dawn, wet hair slicked back, hands pressed together in namaskar near his chest as he looks upward in prayer. Water ripples around him. Behind him, a second bather stands in the water on the left, and a covered wooden boat with a striped awning floats in the distance beside a low, hazy shoreline. The water is grey-green and the sky is pale and overcast.2015-10-11A photograph of a river scene at dawn or dusk, with hazy grey sky and a flat boat with a canopy in the background. In the foreground, a bare-chested man stands waist-deep in the river, head tilted back, eyes lifted, palms pressed together in prayer as water splashes around him. To the left, another bare-shouldered man stands partly submerged, hand raised near the water. Two more figures sit on a distant boat. The scene suggests a ritual bathing or prayer in the Ganga at Varanasi.2015-10-11A man stands chest-deep in a river at dusk, bare-chested and wet with his hair slicked back, palms pressed together at his chest and face lifted upward in prayer. Water splashes around him. Behind him, another bare-chested bather is partly visible at left, a small lit lamp floats on the water, and a covered boat with a few people sits on the far shore under a hazy sky.2015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11A photograph of a bald man bathing in the river at dusk, standing chest-deep in grey water with his hands pressed together at his chest and his face tilted upward as water splashes around him. Behind him at left another man sits partly submerged, with a small lit lamp floating on the water. In the background a wooden boat with a canopy and a few seated people sits on the hazy river under a pale sky. The man is bare-chested with no visible saffron clothing, rudraksha or other distinctive adornments, so his identity is not established by appearance.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 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.2015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11An 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.2015-10-11