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Outdoor photo on a riverside ghat with people in saffron and white ritual clothing. At left, a long-haired figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and ornate beaded necklaces sits with palms pressed together, smiling; a seated figure beside him in orange with beaded necklaces also has hands folded. In the centre, a young man in white dhoti with orange waist cloth and gold-bordered shawl holds a microphone and speaks, while a woman in white with a red shawl stands with palms joined. At right, a bald man in white holds a folded orange cloth and bows near the water, and saffron-robed devotees and a woman in a cream sari and orange shawl stand behind a crowd carrying ceremonial staffs and orange flags. A boat with marigold garlands is visible at right edge.

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February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoor riverbank ceremony at a ghat. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with layered white beaded necklaces and wrist bands sits on a patterned cloth at left, hands extended. Beside him a bald man in saffron with a beaded mala sits on a rug, and several saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad men stand nearby; one holds a microphone. A young man in white dhoti bends low at lower right, touching a folded saffron cloth set on rose petals on the wet stone. Water and a marigold garland line the ghat behind. Several people are visible.2013-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoor riverside ritual at a ghat on the Ganga, with a large crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border stands with palms joined in namaskar, wearing many rudraksha malas, while a young boy in white and orange kneels with hands pressed together. A woman in a white top and orange shawl and a seated man in orange with a wristwatch sit at the left edge. A man waist-deep in the river wearing a rudraksha mala and orange cloth stands on the right, beside a decorated wooden boat strewn with marigold garlands. Several people hold tall golden ceremonial staffs and parasols; many others stand on the steps and along the bank.2013-02-13 +2 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph at a riverside ghat, with a crowd of devotees in saffron and white clothing. In the centre, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a microphone and rudraksha mala, with hands folded. Beside him, a younger man in white with gold trim and a rudraksha mala stands with hands joined. A man in saffron cloth with a chain of beads stands waist-deep in the Ganga water at right. Marigold garlands hang along a boat with offerings and cloth bundles, and saffron flags and staffs rise behind the crowd. The setting suggests a sacred bathing ritual at the river.2013-02-13Outdoor photo on the Ganga ghat at Varanasi with a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes, white dhotis and mala beads gathered on stone steps. A bald man in a white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala stands at the water's edge, flanked by a woman in a white sari with an orange border holding her palms together, while a man in an orange-red cloth stands waist-deep in the river. A boat decorated with yellow marigold garlands sits behind them and more devotees stand along the bank in the background.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13