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Photograph from behind of a bare-backed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl walking along a street in a city market, holding a green pumpkin with a lit flame on top in his raised right hand, and a thin wooden stick in his left hand. Shop signs read Yen Shop, Wholesale and Retail, and Money Changer; a white bus stands at the right beside an open door. A person in white is partly visible at the right edge. The man has long dark curly hair; the pumpkin ritual suggests a yatra start.

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A photograph taken from behind on a busy street of a bare-backed person with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a bare-chested garment tied at the waist, holding a long metal trident-like staff raised in one hand while the other hand rests on the hip. A small flame burns on the road in front, with scattered offerings such as a piece of white food and a green fruit nearby. A man in a blue polo shirt with a camera around his neck stands to the left beside a white minibus, and a rickshaw passes on the right.2006-05-22A street scene in a busy Indian town beside parked white coach buses. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes and a red tilak on his forehead carries a white pumpkin on his raised right hand with a small flame burning on top, while holding a walking stick. Behind him a man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala walks alongside, and further back a younger man in white kurta and a white-clad devotee follow. On the right, a bald man in orange shawl and white clothes wears a mala and holds a phone and a brown leather bag. Shop signs read MONEY CHANGER and money exchange, and a wall and utility poles line the pavement.2006-05-22Street photograph in an Indian city of a barefoot man in a long orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and a tilak on his forehead, holding a broken coconut half in one hand and reaching out with the other, on a roadside beside parked white coaches. Nearby, a man in white shirt and trousers carries a green coconut, and a woman in a white sari carries a red suitcase, walking past shuttered shops, a Honda sign and a Udipi restaurant. A breaking-coconut ritual is visible, matching the page's account of a yatra start.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22Street photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe, barefoot, with a white tilak marking on his forehead, standing on a paved road and holding a thin stick or rod. Broken coconut pieces lie scattered on the ground around him, consistent with a coconut-breaking ritual. On the left, a smiling man in white clothes stands by a shuttered shop front. Closed metal shutters, a yellow shutter and signboards in Tamil and Hindi line the street, with a xerox and STD/ISD sign visible.2006-05-22A photograph of a street scene in New Delhi where a man with long, dark, wavy hair stands barefoot on the pavement, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder. Small flames and a thin trail of smoke rise from the asphalt in front of him, and broken pieces of white pumpkin and coconut lie scattered on the road. Behind him closed metal shutters, a yellow shutter and shop signs for a photostat and xerox service and a South Indian tiffin stall line the street.2006-05-22A barefoot person in a saffron-orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair raises an arm high, holding a coconut or pumpkin, while breaking it on a city street. Broken coconut or pumpkin pieces and a small lit lamp lie on the asphalt. A white Rajendra Bus Service coach and parked vehicles line the street, with shopfronts behind, including a sign reading POONA. A second person in white ritual clothing stands at the right holding a long staff, and a few people in light clothing stand further back. Probable Swamiji (probable) in the saffron robe, with long hair and a ritual staff, presiding over the street ceremony.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A photograph of a street in a busy Indian city, with a white Rajendra Bus Service coach parked at left and shopfronts including Poona Guest House along the road. A person in a long orange robe with long dark hair and a crown-like headpiece stands on the right, holding a metal trident-like staff, facing a coconut and pumpkin smashed on the asphalt as part of a ritual breaking. Several men in white shirts and trousers walk along the street behind, and passengers are visible through the bus windows.2006-05-22A barefoot man in a flowing saffron-orange robe walks down a busy city street, holding a pumpkin-like gourd in one hand and a long stick in the other, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair past his shoulders. Behind him, men in white kurtas follow, one carrying a green coconut. A white tour bus, parked cars, a motor rickshaw and shuttered shopfronts line the road under tangled overhead wires. Posters on poles advertise a beauty and slimming centre and a hotel.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A photograph of a person standing on a roadside of loose gravel and tarmac, holding a lit camphor flame on a coconut shell cupped in both hands, as in an aarti. The person wears a bright orange fleece zip jacket over orange trousers, a gold-toned bead garland with a large bell-like pendant at the chest, a red tilak on the forehead and long dark wavy hair. A metal rod runs diagonally behind the shoulder. Behind them, three men stand near a roadside shop with yellow signs and red crates. The person's distinctive orange clothing, long hair and gold garland fit the page's reference to a person, but appearance alone is not conclusive.