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Outdoor photo on Varanasi ghat steps beside the Ganges, with a crowd of devotees in white and red-saffron garments seated and standing on the stone stairs. In the foreground a figure in a red turban with white flower garland and orange-marigold garland raises a golden staff toward the group. To the right, a bald man in orange robes with rudraksha malas and a red-and-saffron figure stand with hands folded, while a shaved-headed elder in a saffron robe gestures on the far right. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera films the scene, and a small white canopied shrine stands on the steps behind.

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Outdoor photograph on a stone ghat beside the Ganges in Varanasi. A crowd of devotees, mostly in white and red-orange shawls, gathers on the steps. In the center, a bald man in a red-orange dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala sits on a small red carpet, holding a white fan, while a standing man in similar orange-red robes with a yellow sash faces the group. Two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand at right with hands folded, and a cameraman films. A small white shrine canopy and a red brick building appear behind. The figure seated on the carpet is shown from behind and partly obscured, so no a person identification is made from appearance.2015-10-03Outdoor photo on a stone ghat beside the Ganges, with a brick structure and a row of small boats moored along the water at left. A crowd of people in white dhotis and maroon or rust-coloured shawls descends stone steps. In the foreground, a bald man in a dark red-brown robe with rudraksha beads holds a long ceremonial staff topped with a metal finial, and another man in a maroon turban adorned with white flower petals and an orange marigold garland stands with his back to the camera, holding a small metal vessel. Several people nearby have their hands joined in namaste.2015-10-03Outdoor photograph of a crowd of devotees on the stone steps of a riverside ghat, with a river and moored boats in the background. Many people wear white dhotis and saris with red-orange shawls and lanyard badges around their necks. A few figures in white ascend a wide flight of steps in the distance, and in the foreground a woman in a cream sari holds a small cloth-wrapped offering. A bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands at the right edge. No individual appears clearly enough to be identified as a person, so no candidate is marked.2015-10-03Outdoor photo on wide stone ghat steps leading down to the Ganges river in Varanasi, with several small white boats moored at the left. A large crowd of devotees in red-orange and white clothing crowds the steps. In the foreground, a man in a red-orange turban decorated with white flower garlands and orange marigold garlands faces away, holding a silver vessel and a long ceremonial fan-like implement. Nearby, a bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala holds a metal vessel and an implement, pouring water or offering toward the group. Other men wear white dhotis with red-orange shawls, and a woman in white with a shoulder bag stands at right. Red brick structure at top right.2015-10-03Outdoor ghat steps by the Ganges in Varanasi, with a large crowd of devotees in red and orange saffron shawls and white dhotis. In the foreground a bald man in a rust-red robe with a rudraksha mala holds a silver pot and a brass-handled fan-like implement beside a figure whose head is wrapped in a rust-red turban decorated with white flower petals and an orange marigold garland. Other devotees press their palms together and watch, while a photographer in white stands at right. Stone steps and a white-cloth-covered boat row sit in the background. Visible crowd is roughly two dozen people.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoors on stone ghat steps beside a river, a large group of people in saffron-orange robes poses for a group photograph. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a wide rudraksha mala, wearing an orange robe, raises one hand in a blessing gesture, seated near a silver-framed throne-like chair. Around him, men and women sit and stand holding long silver staffs and trishula tridents; several men are shaved-headed with gold beaded necklaces. An umbrella with colourful fringe and a kalasha-like finial stand behind, and a white-robed figure stands at right. Stone steps and people in the background complete the scene.2013-02-13October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoor ghat steps at the Ganges in Varanasi with many saffron-clad devotees. A man in the centre wears wire-rimmed glasses, a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small silver vessel while standing beside a smiling woman in a saffron sari with a rudraksha mala who presses her palms together. A man at the left has a saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and a yellow tilak on his forehead. A figure in the foreground wears a saffron turban with white flower petals and a marigold garland, and holds a silver staff with a trident-like top. Other people in white and saffron dhotis and robes stand on the steps with their hands in anjali, and a kneeling person at the right wears a rudraksha mala and bangles.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03