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A 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.

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A 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 20062006-05-22Street scene in New Delhi with a white Rajendra Bus Service coach parked on the roadside, its windows showing seated passengers. In the foreground a smiling man in a saffron-orange shawl and bare chest raises a trident (trishul) overhead; he has long swept-back dark hair and a shawl wrap, and is a person candidate. A man in a blue shirt, jeans and glasses photographs with a camera, and two uniformed men in khaki and light shirts stand nearby. Multistorey buildings, power lines and shop signs line the street.2006-05-22A street photograph in a busy Indian town. A figure in a long saffron-orange robe, with long dark swept-back hair and a vibhuti mark on the forehead, bends forward on the roadside, apparently about to strike a green pumpkin or gourd lying on the asphalt. Three men stand behind him: two in white shirts and white trousers, one of them wearing a rudraksha-style mala, and a third in a long white kurta holding a stick or rod. A green-and-yellow auto-rickshaw and a white tourist bus stand to the left, and parked cars and shuttered shop fronts line the street, with signboards including Hotel Surya and a photostat shop. The candidate in orange has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and vibhuti cues, so the robed figure is a probable Swamiji.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A street photograph in a busy Indian city, with a row of white coaches parked along the left and shopfronts and signs lining the road. A barefoot man with long dark hair, wearing a flowing saffron-orange wrap, walks down the middle of the road holding a coconut in one hand and a small offering in the other. Behind him, several men in white kurta-style clothing follow, one carrying a coconut, and another person in an orange wrap walks further back. A young man in a white t-shirt and jeans with a camera around his neck walks past on the right. Signs read Hotel Omni, Poona, Universal and Photostat. Appearance-based cues on the foreground figure (long swept hair, saffron wrap, ritual coconut) match the page's a person label, so this is a person walking in a yatra procession.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22Street 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 20062006-05-22A 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 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copies