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Photograph of a group walking in single file along a curved sandstone wall carved with ornate relief patterns. Leading the line on the left is a long-haired figure in a loose orange robe and orange top, wearing sandals, walking with hands clasped. Behind follow a young woman in a red top with a red shoulder bag and grey trousers, a man in white kurta and a bearded man in a red striped kurta and white dhoti, a man in a yellow shirt and dark trousers, and white-clad elderly women and a woman in a blue top at the right edge. The image is slightly blurred from motion.

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A photograph of a group of devotees walking in single file along the carved sandstone base of a large circular stupa at Sarnath, with intricate geometric and floral relief carvings above them. A woman on the far left wears an orange sari and sandals; next to her a woman in red top and grey trousers walks with a small red bag. A man in a pink patterned shirt, a man in a yellow shirt, and a man in a white kurta with a red lanyard lead the line. Further right, a man in a black jacket, a woman in an orange top with a cap and jeans, and a man in a checked shirt with a red lanyard and ID badge walk beside an older man in a white dhoti-style garment.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08Photograph of a group of devotees walking in single file along a paved path beside a large sandstone monument carved with ornate relief panels, at Sarnath. Foreground: a man in a checked plaid shirt with a red lanyard and ID badge, a man in a white kurta with a red lanyard, and a man in a yellow shirt and dark trousers. Further left, a woman in an orange sari with a flower garland walks beside a girl in a red top and grey trousers. Others in white, orange and pink salwar kameez follow, some wearing caps. Trees and hazy sky are visible on the right. The page indicates a person's Varanasi yatra group visited Sarnath; no one in this image is identified as a person.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08July 01 20072007-07-01Photograph of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, its tall tapering spire covered in carved niches under an overcast sky, with a small pink-washed shrine and green trees beside it. In the lower foreground, several visitors sit or stand along a brick wall: a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala, a man in a white shirt with a moustache, a woman with curly hair, and a woman with dark hair in a braid. On the right, a young man with long swept-back hair, a red tilak mark on his forehead and a flowing orange saffron robe sits on a grassy slope. Visitors with a faint purple logo appear at the lower left.2008-06-09A group of about nine people sits and stands on a red brick staircase leading up a grassy mound toward a tall, tiered stone temple with a spire and niched, decorated walls. In the centre-back, a man wears a flowing orange-saffron robe and a shaved head, raising one hand in greeting; he is positioned among the group. Around him, women in white and pastel kurtas and men in white shirts sit on the steps, some with hands folded in namaste. A small dark stone object, possibly a lingam or stone pillar, sits at the lower left beside the steps. The sky is overcast and the mound is covered in green grass with small coloured flags.2008-06-09Photograph of a group of people standing on stone paving before a weathered sandstone Khmer temple tower with a carved doorway and lintel, at an Angkor-style site in Cambodia. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a flowing saffron-orange wrap with a rudraksha mala walks forward, his long hair pulled back. Beside him a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and a man in white with a beaded mala stand near the group. Other visitors wear casual shirts, a red polo and a blue top; a woman in green and white and a woman in pink photograph the tower from a raised ledge at left and right, and stone lion guardians flank the entrance at right.2007-07-05Group photo of about a dozen people seated on red brick steps and a low wall in front of a tall, tiered stone temple tower with a pointed spire, set against a grassy slope and trees under an overcast sky. In the centre-left, a person in saffron/orange robes with a red forehead mark waves, standing among seated devotees. Most others wear white shirts and white dhotis or pants with blue lanyards, and some wear rudraksha malas. Two women wear saris and one wears a green top; a man in an orange cap sits in the foreground. The scene reads as a pilgrimage group at a Buddhist-style stupa temple.2008-06-09A group of about fourteen devotees poses on red brick steps in front of a tall, tiered stone temple with many niches and a pointed spire. In the centre-left, a man in a saffron-orange robe raises one hand in a wave, surrounded by people in white kurtas and white salwar clothes with blue lanyards. A woman in yellow sari sits on the steps at right, and a man in a pale yellow shirt sits with a red tilak on his forehead. Several women wear white, and one woman in orange-red top sits behind them.2008-06-09A group of nine people sits and stands on a broad red sandstone staircase leading up to a tall tiered temple tower with niches and carved pilasters, identified in the scene as a Buddhist-style stupa-shrine against a pale sky with green trees on the left. In the centre, a person in an orange robe and orange shawl with short dark hair stands on the steps, flanked by women in white, pale green and blue kurta and sari, and men in white shirts and blue-striped shirts with lanyards. A woman in a green kurta with a black bag sits at left, and a woman in a white sari with a bag sits front centre. A grassy embankment with small plants lies to the left, and a weathered stone block sits at lower left.2008-06-09