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A photograph of a man standing waist-deep in a wide river, leaning forward with his hands in the water. He wears a flowing saffron-orange wrap draped over his shoulders, with long dark hair swept back. The water is pale and calm with a faint ripple. Distant riverbank structures and a few small figures appear across the water under a hazy sky.

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A photograph at the Triveni Sangam confluence in Allahabad shows a man standing waist-deep in a wide river, bare-chested and wearing a loose orange-red saffron wrap over his shoulders. He leans forward with his hands near the water, apparently offering or immersing something. Distant riverbanks with pale structures and tents line the hazy horizon under a bright sky. Probable Swamiji (appearance cues: long dark hair, saffron wrap, bare chest) performing a ritual dip and offering at the sacred river meeting point.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A photograph of a man standing waist-deep in a river at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathi rivers, with the far bank and distant structures visible under a pale sky. He wears an orange-red shawl draped over his shoulders and bare-chested, with long dark hair swept back, and he bends forward with his hands touching the water. The river surface reflects his figure. Orange text and a copyright line run along the left edge of the image.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A figure with long dark hair wearing an orange-red wrap stands waist-deep in a wide river, hands pressed together in namaskar at the chest. Pale riverbank structures and a few distant figures line the far shore under a hazy sky. Ripples and a reflection of the wrap appear on the water.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A bare-chested man with long dark hair stands waist-deep in a wide river, wearing a red-orange cloth wrapped around his lower body. He raises both hands to his head, holding or cupping water or ash over his hair during a ritual bath. Distant riverbank buildings and figures are visible across the pale, hazy water at Triveni Sangam, Allahabad.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08