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Outdoor photo on a riverside ghat at dawn, with moored wooden boats on calm water behind a group seated on stone steps. In the foreground, a long-haired figure in a bright orange shawl sits with their back to the camera, facing a circle of listeners. Around them are people in woollen caps, hats, turbans and jackets, including a bald older man in a red top and a woman in an orange-brown shawl. A man in a white cap and white jacket stands at right beside a camera operator. Several others are visible further back on the bank. The figure in orange is seated cross-legged on a dark mat, consistent with a teaching or satsang gathering by the river.

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January 09 20062006-01-09January 09 20062006-01-09Dusk on a riverfront ghat beside a wide river with moored wooden boats lining the bank and a pink-orange sky. A seated figure in a bright red-orange shawl sits with their back to the camera, facing a crowd of devotees sitting on the stone steps in a circle. Several people wear knitted caps and warm wraps; a man in a white shawl and white cap sits near the front left, and a woman in dark clothing with a white cap sits nearby. A person in a grey jacket lifts a camera at the right. A tall yellow pole rises at the right edge. Overlaid vertical text on the right side includes copyright and source credits.2006-01-09January 09 20062006-01-09A large crowd gathers on steps by the Ganges at dusk, with wooden boats on the calm river behind them. In the foreground, a figure with long dark curly hair in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a blue cloth-covered wooden platform, facing away from the camera, with a bowl and offerings before them. Beside them a man in white clothing holds a metal vessel, and a man in a white cap and white shirt stands nearby. Several people in orange, white and pastel shawls stand or sit around the platform, some holding cameras, and umbrellas shade the bank. The sky shows soft pink and blue tones.January 09 20062006-01-09A photograph of a riverside ghat at Triveni Sangam, Allahabad, with a line of wooden ferry boats moored along the water under a hazy winter sky. Bamboo poles stand upright along the bank. In the foreground an overturned, weathered boat hull with partly faded painted lettering dominates the lower frame. Several people crowd the shore: a figure in an orange-saffron top and dhoti-style wrap stands at left, a man in white kurta and dhoti is at left edge, and a man in a grey hooded jacket and white head cloth carries a pink bag at centre-right. Others in woollen sweaters and caps stand near the boats. A man in a dark jacket holds up a large printed portrait on a pole, showing a figure in ornate clothing, though its details are not clearly legible.2006-01-08Dawn over the Ganges river at a ghat in Varanasi, with the pale sun low on the hazy horizon and pinkish light on the water. Many people sit in rows on the stone steps wrapped in shawls and woollen caps, facing the river. A figure in the foreground wears an orange-saffron cloth. Several wooden boats with passengers float on the water, and a metal scaffold frame with small flags stands at the right edge. Some standing devotees near the bank wear red and white headwear.2006-01-09Dusk on a Ganges river ghat in Varanasi, with calm grey-blue water and several wooden boats on the river. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits with their back to the camera on a blue cloth-covered wooden platform, with a bowl of marigold-like flowers and a small brass lamp in front. Around them a crowd of devotees sits on the steps, many women in white shawls and saris, some wearing headscarves. A man in a dark jacket with an orange shawl holds up a camera and a white umbrella shades a boat. A man in white at the right edge holds a long stick or rod. The scene is a Varanasi ghat yatra gathering at twilight.Outdoor gathering of many people seated on stone steps at dusk. Most wear warm layers, knit caps, shawls and white or cream wraps. A man in the centre-right wears a flowing orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and sits among the crowd, with a person candidate by appearance cues of long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, though the face and figure are partly obscured by distance. A camera operator in a red jacket films at left. Others wear red, blue and purple clothing. A white plastic bag sits on the steps near a seated figure in pink-red shawl. Overall the crowd is dense and mixed.2006-01-09January 06 20062006-01-06Outdoor photo at the Triveni Sangam on a river in hazy daylight, with many small wooden boats and flag-topped poles behind. A large seated crowd in the foreground, mostly in white, grey and red clothing and winter caps, faces a figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, seated near a small pink-canopied boat. Nearby a man in white robes stands with hands joined in greeting, and a cameraman with a video camera films the gathering from the left.2006-01-08