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A street scene beside a white coach bus with yellow Delhi registration plate DL1PB-5799 and its windscreen visible. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with long dark hair, seen from behind and bare-backed, holds a long pole or staff toward the bus, apparently breaking a coconut or performing a yatra start ritual. Photographers with cameras stand near the bus; a man in white shirt and a man in blue shirt and jeans watch. Shuttered shops and a signboard reading 'ELECTRONIC' line the roadside. A manhole cover lies on the road, and a red plastic bag sits near the curb. This is a photograph; the orange-robed figure's long hair and bare back are the visible cues.

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May 22 20062006-05-22May 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 white tourist minibus parked on a city street in New Delhi, its front decorated with a garland of white and orange flowers and a small framed portrait on the dashboard. A woman in orange robes walks at the right, holding a green coconut in one hand and a trident-like staff in the other, with a man in white and a man in orange beside her on the pavement. Shuttered shops and a sweets corner sign line the street, and a photographer stands at the right edge. The scene suggests the start of a yatra journey.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over his shoulders and draped to the knees, leaving his arms and chest bare, and walks barefoot on asphalt beside a white coach bus with blue stripes. He holds a small metal implement in one hand while his eyes are closed and his face is lifted. Another person with a video camera stands at the right edge, and a red-capped passenger is visible through a bus window. Scattered paper litter lies on the road. The distinctive long hair, saffron wrap and bare-chested attire are appearance cues matching the Swamiji candidate, so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) figure walking in the open.2006-05-22A photograph on a city street of a barefoot man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and long swept-back dark hair, with a white tilak on his forehead and a trident-like staff held in his right hand, walking across a dusty road littered with broken coconut fragments and scattered water droplets. Behind him stand a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, a bearded man in a red turban and white shirt, and two men photographing with cameras beside a white van with a yellow Delhi number plate. Shuttered shop fronts line the street behind them.2006-05-22Street photograph in a busy Indian city. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped around his body, stands barefoot on the road holding a long rod over a small flame burning on the asphalt beside scattered broken coconut and pumpkin pieces, a ritual of breaking offerings to begin a journey. Behind him, a group of onlookers stands by a white bus: a bearded man in white robes and orange dhoti, a woman in a light top and dark trousers, and a man in a white shirt filming with a video camera. Another man in a blue shirt holds a camera on the right beside a white coach bus. Shopfronts, a Tourist-branded minibus and a signboard reading Bengal Sweets Corner line the street.2006-05-22A 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 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22