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A photograph taken aboard a boat on the Ganga during a boating visit at Varanasi. In the left foreground a smiling person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment, a large necklace of rudraksha beads and cowrie-like shells, and a dotted white mark on the forehead; the page's a person reference gives an appearance-based candidate, but the cues are limited, so this is marked unsure. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and orange-saffron robes, some with red shawls, sits on the boat and in other boats. Near the centre a bald man in orange robes and a gold pendant chain holds a long silver staff with a trident-like finial, and a person in white kneels in front of a colourful patterned cushion. A ritual plate is visible among the devotees, and the sky is bright white over the river.

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Outdoor photo on the Ganga at Varanasi: a boat crowded with saffron-robed devotees, many in orange and white, with orange pennants flying and a fringed canopy at top right. In the foreground a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange cloth, rudraksha and bead malas, and bangles, holds a silver trident-tipped ceremonial staff over a red-and-white checkered platform. Several women in orange and white saris stand beside silver tridents and staffs, and a painted kalasha-like banner hangs at left. a person in the foreground, identifiable by long swept hair, rudraksha and bead malas and bare-chested orange cloth, leading the boat procession during a ritual on the river.2013-02-13March 18 20142014-03-18February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesMarch 18 20142014-03-18February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13 +2 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13Outdoor photo on the Ganga river at Varanasi: a decorated boat with a striped canopy umbrella and orange flags carries a seated woman in orange sari with rudraksha mala on a checkered cloth-covered seat, while a man in orange robe stands behind holding a long trident-topped staff. Around the boat, many people in white dhotis and saffron or orange garments sit and stand, some holding plates, with a bald man in orange holding a staff at center right. Hazy riverside buildings line the distant bank.2013-02-13