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A photograph of a narrow street in Varanasi lined with shops selling colourful inflatable beach balls, toys and dolls. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red mark on his forehead wears an orange saffron robe and holds a silver trident, walking forward. Beside him a bespectacled man in a black top, white dhoti-style trousers and an orange shawl walks with clasped hands. Several other men in white and grey follow behind on the lane. Old pink and yellow buildings with tangled wires rise above.

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Street photo in a narrow Varanasi lane lined with shops. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a bindi, walks forward holding a steel trident. Beside him a man in a black fleece, white kurta and an orange shawl carries a bag and walks with clasped hands. Behind them a few men in white clothes and glasses follow. Stalls on the right sell colourful beach balls, toys and plastic items; a yellow shopfront and weathered buildings frame the scene.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photo of a narrow street lined with closed red-brown rolling shutters. A man with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing a loose saffron-orange wrap over an orange garment, raises one arm and holds a silver trident aloft. Behind him a second man in an orange shawl, black top and white dhoti walks with hands clasped, and a third person in a grey jacket stands further back. Shop signs and overhead wires are visible above, in a procession-style walk through the lane.2006-01-06A photograph of a crowded street in Varanasi with hazy morning light, shops, hanging signs and a fruit stall of tomatoes at right. Beside him, a man in a black top with an orange shawl walks at right, and a bearded man in white kurta holds a small container. A woman in a grey sweatshirt with a rudraksha-style mala and a bag walks at left, and a shawled elderly woman stands at far right. Several other people walk in the background.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 07 20062006-01-07A photograph of a narrow city street with shuttered shops, signboards, parked motorbikes and pedestrians. Four prominent people walk toward the camera. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange dhoti, an orange-and-brown leopard-print shawl and a long rudraksha mala, with a tilak on his forehead, and he has an appearance-based cue consistent with the page's a person label, but the cues are insufficient for a confident identification. To his left, a man in white kurta and dhoti with a tilak and an orange-red shawl walks beside him. To the right, a bald man in white with an orange-red shawl and a crossbody strap. Behind them, a woman in white sari with an orange-red shawl and a man in white walk along. A pedestrian on the far left wears a white shirt and dhoti.A narrow market street lined with stalls selling rudraksha malas, bangles, brass bells, tassels and other religious trinkets. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange hooded top, an orange shawl and a heavy gold necklace, walking through the crowd. Behind him a man in a white cap, white shirt and white dhoti, with a lanyard badge, walks past a stall; other men in white caps and red lanyards are among the crowd, and a seated vendor sits at the right. Strings of beads hang from the awnings.2006-01-05A photograph of a narrow market lane at night with hanging colourful silk saris and shuttered shop fronts. In the centre, a man with a tall black hair crown and a yellow tilak walks in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap, wearing a heavy gold necklace, gold armbands and bangles, and a rudraksha mala; he appears to be smiling. Beside him on the left, a young priest in white dhoti and shawl with white ash marks and a rudraksha mala walks, and on the right a sadhu in orange robes carries a silver trident. Several onlookers stand along the lane, one man in a striped shirt holds up a phone to take a picture, and a shopkeeper stands at the right. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure given his tall crown of hair, saffron-maroon robes, gold necklace and mala, marked as a person physically present.2016-07-10July 10 20162016-07-10