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A 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.

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May 22 20062006-05-22Street 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 scene in an Indian city where a smiling person in a flowing orange robe with a dark rudraksha mala walks across the road in front of a white tourist coach marked TOURIST, registration DL 1P B-8441, with bus number 1 displayed on the windscreen. Behind them, a man in a yellow-and-black patterned shirt and white dhoti walks past shuttered shops including Kamal Store telephone gallery and a Nokia outlet. A saffron flag is visible at the right edge, and a small framed picture is placed on the bus dashboard. A printed portrait on the bus window shows a man with long dark hair, a crown-like headdress and gold garland, labelled bus no. 1 area. a person cues apply only to the printed portrait, which is a depiction, not a physical person.2008-01-22A street photograph in a busy Indian city lane with a white bus marked TOURIST parked head-on at the centre. A paper sign on the windscreen reads No. 7 and shows a small portrait. Several people in saffron or orange robes walk along the road, including a sannyasi in orange with long dark hair in the foreground and another in orange holding a camera at the right edge. A man in a yellow-and-black patterned shirt and white dhoti walks at left, and a few people in white clothing move down the street behind the bus. Shuttered shops, a money changer sign, mobile phone advertisements, cycle rickshaws and hanging wires line the road.2008-06-28May 22 20062006-05-22A street scene in a crowded Indian city. A white minibus labelled TOURIST with registration DL 1P 8441 is parked at the curb. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe walks across the road in front of the bus, and a second person in an orange robe walks along the sidewalk. A man in a yellow-and-black patterned kurta and white trousers strides at left, and a man in a grey shirt and khaki trousers stands near a shuttered shopfront. Signs read Money Changer and J.P. Residency. a person cues are weak here, so the orange-robed walker is described as a sannyasi.2008-06-28May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A street scene in a busy Indian city. In the foreground, a bare-backed figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl draped around the waist and holds a lit oil lamp or offering plate toward a white tour bus. Behind, a man in white kurta and trousers gestures, a monk in orange robes stands nearby, and a photographer with a camera is visible. Shops, a tourist office, parked cars and an auto-rickshaw line the street. The bus shows a Nithyanandam sticker and a Himalaya Yatra 2006 placard, with a portrait poster on its window. The figure's long swept hair and saffron shawl are visible cues, but the face is not clearly visible; the bare-backed ritual aarti fits the yatra's start.2006-05-22Street 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.2006-05-22May 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copies