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A man with long matted dreadlocks sits on worn stone steps, looking upward with hands folded in his lap. He wears a rust-orange sannyasi wrap, rudraksha malas across the chest and upper arms, and a gold pendant on an orange and yellow marigold garland. A red tilak is on his forehead. Pigeons and a balcony with onlookers are visible behind him.

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March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesMarch 28 20182018-03-28A man with a tall dark dreadlocked turban and a red tilak on his forehead sits on stone steps with hands pressed together in namaskar, gazing upward. He wears a rust-orange robe, a thick rudraksha mala across his chest, rudraksha bracelets on his wrists and upper arms, and a marigold garland with orange and yellow flowers and a gold ornament. Behind him, people watch from a balcony of a red and cream building. Appearance suggests a probable Swamiji (probable) figure in devotional posture, shown with distinctive dreadlocked turban, rudraksha malas and orange ornate attire.2018-03-28A bearded man in a dark turban with a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on stone ghat steps with his hands folded in his lap, eyes closed in meditation. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned wrap, a long necklace of orange and yellow marigold garlands with a gold pendant, and multiple rudraksha malas over his chest and upper arms. Behind him, a few figures stand on a balcony and a white dog sits at the upper right, with pigeons on the steps. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the seated sannyasi, identified by the turban, rudraksha malas, marigold garlands and saffron-toned clothing.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28October 07 20172017-10-07A photograph of a bearded man seated cross-legged on weathered stone steps, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and bare-chested with rudraksha malas on his arms and waist. He wears a long orange-and-yellow marigold garland with a gold pendant and a dark tiered hair bundle with white and red tilak on his forehead. He gazes off to the side with hands resting in his lap. The background shows worn sandstone ghat steps. The archive copyright line appears at lower right. One person is visible.2018-03-28A photograph of a bearded man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on tiered stone steps, eyes closed in meditation. He wears a tall dark braided turban, an orange and marigold garland, a rudraksha-style beaded mala across his chest, a gold armlet and wrist ornaments, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him on a raised red-pillared platform, a crowd of people in saffron, white, blue and red clothing raise their arms and watch. A red sign with Devanagari text is mounted on the pillar at right. Pigeons perch on the weathered steps.2018-03-28