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A smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a large marigold garland with red flowers and a clear crystal mala around his neck, and he holds a tall staff in his right hand while walking down a narrow street. Beside him a bearded man in white shirt and dhoti with a red lanyard and ID badge laughs with his hands pressed to his chest. Behind them stands a white-clad attendant with a staff, and a crowd of people is visible. Street signs include a blue Shankeri Tourist Lodge sign and a Brahman Mandal sign, and an iron shutter door with a poster on the wall.

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January 07 20062006-01-07 +1 copiesStreet photo in a narrow lane of Varanasi with a weathered temple shikhara visible behind buildings. In the foreground a man with long dark swept-back hair, a red tilak, a thick marigold garland and an orange-red robe walks holding a tall staff, smiling. Beside him a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and kurta with a purple-edged shawl and lanyard walks, carrying a black bag. Behind them a crowd of pilgrims, a woman in a green and yellow sari, and shopkeepers in front of a stall selling snacks. Bicycles line the left edge.2006-01-06A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair walks down a narrow lane in Varanasi, wearing an orange robe and a large garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers around his neck. A red tilak mark is visible on his forehead. He holds a tall silver trident-like staff upright in his right hand. Behind him, a second man in white ritual clothing with a red-bordered cloth follows. The lane has peeling pink walls, hanging electrical wires, a small signboard reading Shivam Travels, and an orange paper poster on the left wall.January 06 20062006-01-06A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe walking down a narrow street in Varanasi. He wears a heavy garland of orange and yellow marigolds with red flowers, and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him a man in a blue jacket holds a mobile phone, and another man in white walks past. Red flags hang across the lane above, and shuttered shop fronts line the street.January 06 20062006-01-06February 02 20092009-02-02January 05 20062006-01-05November 11 20082008-11-11January 07 20062006-01-07January 05 20062006-01-05A photo of a narrow city lane in Varanasi with worn pink walls covered in peeling posters and shuttered shopfronts. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange robe and a large layered garland of marigolds and white flowers, holding a trident-like staff, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a man in white ritual clothes with a white shawl smiles, and other people walk along the lane under hanging yellow cloth. The description identifies him only by appearance cues: a person in the sense of a saffron-robed, long-haired, garlanded figure, with a visible trident staff and garland.2006-01-06