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A photograph taken at night in a narrow, crowded lane in Varanasi, with a line of devotees walking in procession. Several women in the foreground wear white clothing, red-orange shawls with printed text, and lanyards, and have yellow or orange tilak marks on their foreheads. A bare-chested man in white dhoti walks along the left, and older women and men follow behind under warm bulb lights and hanging signs.

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May 08 20152015-05-08Crowded temple corridor at night lit by hanging bulbs, with a illuminated shrine or ratha-like structure glowing in the background. A man in the center wears a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha mala and a white head band, with his hands folded at his chest. Around him are devotees in saffron and orange shawls, a woman in a maroon sari, a man in white dhoti and shirt holding a ceremonial staff, and a woman in white sari with a gold border and orange shawl and a tilak on her forehead. Stalls with garlands and colourful ribbons line the left side. Visible people appear to be walking in procession. Count shows over twenty people visible.2009-07-13October 24 20152015-10-24May 08 20152015-05-08December 12 20162016-12-12A night-time street procession moves through a narrow urban lane lined with shuttered shops and hanging wires. Many devotees walk in white dhotis and saris with gold borders, wearing red-and-cream shawls draped over the shoulders and yellow sandal or turmeric marks on the forehead. A man in a white kurta with an orange lanyard and ID badge walks at the centre. On the left, a man in dark clothes carries a young child, and a woman in a pink patterned sari stands at the edge. The crowd is walking in a procession with ritual dress and no visible deity or palanquin in the frame.2015-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08May 08 20122012-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08A photograph of a crowded devotional group at a doorway of a temple interior, the doorway framed by orange-painted wood and a carved metal door panel on the right. Devotees in white clothes with orange-red shawls printed with text press into the entrance; several women in front have hands folded in namaskar, and a young girl in the lower foreground looks up. One woman on the right wears a vertical orange tilak on her forehead. Hanging lamps and red pillars are visible inside.2015-07-02Night-time photograph of a crowded covered walkway with a dirt floor and bright overhead tube lights. In the foreground, a woman in white with dark hair and a man in orange-brown robes with a rudraksha mala walk past, while a man in a white dhoti and shirt and a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala walk toward the camera on the right. Behind them, many devotees in white and saffron-orange clothes move along the aisle, and a stone platform with a dark grey top stands in the background. The scene is blurred from motion.2013-07-13May 08 20152015-05-08