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Outdoor photo on a stone-paved lane beside a weathered brick and plaster wall with a white vehicle behind. A man in a maroon turban and maroon-and-gold draped garment, wearing a marigold and white flower garland, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him, a bearded elder in orange robes and an orange shawl stands barefoot. A man in a white shirt with his hands folded, and a partially visible person in orange robes stand nearby, with a woman in a teal sari seen from behind in the foreground. a person cues: ornate maroon turban and ceremonial gold-bordered garb with a flower garland, visible as the central figure greeting devotees.

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September 14 20152015-09-14A smiling man in a red-orange turban and matching red-orange wrap stands outdoors, wearing a thick marigold and white jasmine garland and a gold-toned pendant. A sandalwood or vibhuti mark sits on his forehead. Beside him, a bald man in white-and-gold ceremonial dress wears a long rudraksha mala and holds a staff with a serpent-like carving, and a third man in saffron-toned robes with a white beard stands at right. A white van is parked behind them against a brick wall. Four people are visible, and the scene reads as a devotee procession in Varanasi.2015-10-03A photograph of a man in maroon and gold-bordered ochre sannyasi robes standing at a temple doorway with red-painted walls. He wears a maroon turban with a vermilion tilak, a yellow and multicoloured marigold garland, and a heavy gold-toned chain necklace. He wears orange sandals and holds one hand raised in a gesture. Beside him stands a shaved-headed attendant in matching maroon and gold robes. To the right, a man in white kurta and dhoti has a red tilak and marigold garland. A trident stands in the background near the doorway, and a sadhu-like figure is seated at lower right. Four people are visible.2015-07-02October 03 20152015-10-03Photo 11695967A smiling man in an orange-red turban and orange-saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist and upper arm and a long garland of red-orange marigolds, yellow flowers and white jasmine. Behind him, a shaven-headed man in orange clothing with a tilak stands nearby, and in the foreground a person in white clothing with a gold-bordered shawl faces away from the camera. Light-coloured walls and an open doorway frame the scene. Given the presentation cues of the turban, saffron robe, rudraksha and garland, the central man is a person in an in_person role, though his identity is uncertain.2015-05-01October 03 20152015-10-03A photograph of saffron-clad sannyasis outside a yellow-washed building in Varanasi. In the centre, a man in a deep red turban with a red-and-white tilak wears a marigold garland with white flower strands and a rudraksha mala; he wears a red and orange dhoti-style wrap. Beside him, a bald man in red-and-gold robes with wire-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Behind them, saffron-robed men stand on concrete steps, one blowing a conch shell and another holding a brass vessel. A barred brown metal window sits in the wall. Appearance-based cues are not distinctive enough to name a person, so the central turbaned figure is described by role only.2015-10-03February 07 20172017-02-07Photograph of a bare-chested figure with a red-orange turban decorated with white flowers, a mala of orange and white flower garlands and a brown rudraksha-style necklace, standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes lowered. Beside them an older bearded man wearing glasses and an orange shawl over orange robes stands with hands joined. Other devotees in orange robes, a yellow t-shirt and a checked shirt stand nearby in a narrow whitewashed passage with red brick, at a Varanasi ghat. The distinctive turban, flower garlands and rudraksha cues suggest a person as the central figure, though this is an appearance-based label only.2015-10-03A group of saffron-clad sannyasis walks through a narrow passage in a temple complex, with devotees and a visitor at the left edge. In the centre, a man in a red-orange turban and a white and orange flower garland, with a rudraksha-style bead mala and red-gold cloth, presses his palms together in greeting. Beside him, a bald man in a brown-and-gold shawl and wooden-bead mala walks with hands folded. On the right, an elder with white hair and beard, wearing a pale orange robe and pink shawl and a red tilak on his forehead, walks forward with a calm expression. Behind them, bearded sadhus, a man in white dhoti with a gold-edged cloth, and others in saffron and white press palms together. A faded purple logo sits at the top left.2015-10-03Outdoors near a red-brick wall, a smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard stands at the centre, wearing a rust-red robe draped over his shoulders, a long white jasmine garland and a thick brown rudraksha mala. He wears white vibhuti on his forehead with a red dot and a red thread bracelet, and raises one hand gesturing as he speaks. Behind him a red, yellow and blue canopy with red tassels hangs overhead, and orange flags flutter above the wall. Around him stand men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas, one bare-chested attendant, and an older woman in orange clothing, with a few other onlookers in the background.2017-03-11