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A seated person in a maroon turban and maroon-and-saffron robes laughs while holding a tall silver staff with a leaf-shaped finial, wearing a thick orange and white marigold garland. The person sits on a red patterned rug on a stone ledge overlooking a wide river and sandy bank, with terraced red buildings along the ghat. Behind them, a shaven-headed companion in maroon robes and rudraksha beads holds a small metal pot, and another person in maroon stands at right. A man in white stands at the left edge beside a camera rig. An orange bag rests on the stone, and a small white shrine structure is visible on the steps. a person: the seated figure wears a maroon turban, a marigold garland and ceremonial saffron-toned robes while holding a staff, consistent with a ceremonial role at the ghat.

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Four people in maroon and saffron robes stand and sit on the stone ghat steps above the Ganges in Varanasi, with pale sand banks and moored boats behind them. A seated man in the foreground wears a maroon turban, an orange and white marigold garland and rudraksha beads, and rests his hand on a folded patterned rug. Behind him a bald man with a tall silver staff topped by a trident-like finial stands, another man holds a small silver pot, and a woman in maroon with rudraksha beads stands at the right edge. The men have sandalwood or tilak marks on their foreheads. The scene reads as a pilgrimage visit to a riverside shrine during a spiritual programme.2015-10-03A seated man in a maroon-red turban and maroon robes with gold borders, wearing an orange marigold garland, smiles while holding a tall silver staff with a decorated finial beside him on a patterned red-and-black rug at a riverside stone platform. Behind him a bald man with glasses in maroon robes and a beaded mala smiles, and at right a woman in maroon garments with a beaded mala laughs. Behind them are wide stone ghat steps, a river with a small boat, and a red building on the left bank under a pale sky.2015-10-03Outdoor photo on the stone steps of a riverside ghat with a wide pale river and boats in the background. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes stands at right, holding a bronze trident (trishula) upright, with a rudraksha mala visible on the figure beside him. Several devotees in red and orange sashes, some with white garments, kneel and stand on the steps, a woman in a red-and-white sari sits near a fan-holding man in orange with a dhoti. A kneeling man in a red turban wears a marigold garland. A cameraman films from the upper right, and white tents line the far bank.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03A photograph of a smiling man in a red-brown turban decorated with flowers, wearing a red-brown sash over an orange-edged dhoti and a long double garland of red flowers with gold-beaded rudraksha-style strands. He walks down stone steps beside green water, with petals scattered around him. Behind him at left, a shaven-headed man in red-and-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings also descends the steps.2015-07-31Outdoor photo on temple steps beneath a pink arched facade with partly visible Devanagari lettering reading as Mahanirvani. A central man in a red-maroon turban with a vermilion mark wears an orange and white flower garland, rudraksha mala beads, and a maroon robe with gold borders, smiling while holding a small steel vessel as another man pours water from a silver pole. Around him stand devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with shaved heads, and another robed man with a rudraksha mala. a person: the central figure has a red turban, garlands and rudraksha malas, cues consistent with the page's claim, but the appearance is not certain enough to confirm.2015-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo on old weathered stone steps beside a white-washed wall. A man with long dark hair swept back and a red tilak on his forehead stands in center-left, smiling and looking up, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over a maroon dhoti, with a multicolour marigold garland and a rudraksha mala. On the right, an older bearded man in an orange-red headwrap, orange shawl and pale pink dhoti stands with hands folded at his sides. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron shawl and rudraksha mala, matching the page's claim. Two people are visible.2014-01-30A photograph of saffron-clad sannyasis outside a yellow-washed building in Varanasi. In the centre, a man in a deep red turban with a red-and-white tilak wears a marigold garland with white flower strands and a rudraksha mala; he wears a red and orange dhoti-style wrap. Beside him, a bald man in red-and-gold robes with wire-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Behind them, saffron-robed men stand on concrete steps, one blowing a conch shell and another holding a brass vessel. A barred brown metal window sits in the wall. Appearance-based cues are not distinctive enough to name a person, so the central turbaned figure is described by role only.2015-10-03May 14 20142014-05-14Outdoor river ritual at a ghat beside a flowing river with hills behind. A smiling man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala and tilak stands centre, with a bald priest in orange robes beside him on a leopard-print seat. Smoke rises from a fire pit on the left, with a trishul, kalasha and offerings on the ritual table. Devotees in white and orange stand and sit along the bank. a person: the centre figure's saffron clothing, long rudraksha mala and tilak fit the page's identification, but the appearance is not conclusive.2014-03-24October 03 20152015-10-03A seated man in a maroon turban and maroon robe with gold-edged trim smiles while holding a tall silver staff with a finial. He wears a marigold and white flower garland and rudraksha beads. Behind him, a bald man in maroon robes and a rudraksha mala, wearing glasses, holds a small metal vessel and gestures with his hands. At the right edge, another person in maroon with beads turns away. The setting is a riverside ghat with stone steps, a small white shrine, a red building and a wide river under a pale sky. a person is the seated figure, identified by the maroon turban, ornate staff and marigold garland; the attendant is a disciple.2015-10-03