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January 19 20142014-01-19January 19 20142014-01-19March 10 20142014-03-10A seated man in a red and yellow garment with a leopard-print undercloth sits on an ornate silver throne beside a wide grey riverbank. He wears long rudraksha-style brown beaded malas across his chest and has his long dark hair tied back. He extends his right arm toward a large silver trident held upright, its tines shaped like curling flames with a small red stone at the center. Hazy hills and bare trees line the far bank, and two small figures stand in shallow water in the distance. a person candidate visible by appearance cues of long hair, saffron-red clothing and malas, but identity is uncertain.2014-03-10A silver trident, or trishul, is held upright in a hand at the lower right, its long shaft rising toward the top of the frame against a dusky pink-and-grey evening sky. Below it lies a calm, wide river at dusk, with a hazy distant shoreline. At the right edge a person's long, dark, wavy hair and an orange garment are partly visible, cut off by the frame. No faces are shown. The scene is a photograph taken outdoors by the water at sunset.A photograph of a gold-coloured metal trident (trishul) standing upright on the right, its three prongs and ornate central shaft in sharp focus. Behind it, rocky riverbank boulders and a grey river stretch fade into soft blur, with green wooded hillside and pale buildings in the far background. No people are clearly visible, only a faint partial figure at the far left edge among the rocks.2008-06-28A person with long, dark, swept-back hair stands on a boat on the Ganga, holding a silver trident with bells in the right hand while gesturing toward the river. He wears an orange-red shawl, a necklace of large white beads alternating with rudraksha seeds, a gold chain, and a rudraksha bracelet, with a white marking on the forehead. Marigold petals and a white cloth cover the boat's bench. Ghats and buildings line the riverbank in the hazy background. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown in person through long hair, orange shawl and rudraksha-and-gold ornaments, with the page noting his presence at the Varanasi boating visit.2013-02-13January 19 20142014-01-19 +1 copiesA person stands on a metal railing bridge over a wide river in Omkareshwar, holding a silver trident. He wears a bright orange hooded sweatshirt-style robe and a long gold-coloured beaded necklace, with long swept-back dark hair. Behind him a white temple shikhara rises on the left bank, a suspension footbridge spans the river, and hazy hills and trees fill the distance under a pale sky.2006-01-05A man in a rust-red and orange sadhu-style garment and matching turban stands on a riverbank holding a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with five flames rising. He wears layered rudraksha malas and a bracelet of beads, with white ash markings on his arm and chest. Behind him a wide river flows past a town with a suspension bridge, a yellow temple spire and forested hills under a pale evening sky. The scene is an evening aarti ritual performed by a devotee at the river.2014-01-19 +1 copiesA figure in profile with long dark hair blowing back, wearing an orange robe, holds a silver trident aloft against a pale dawn or dusk sky over a wide, calm river. The sun sits low near the horizon above a distant shoreline, and its reflection shimmers on the water. The trident is raised upright in the foreground, with the figure's face in silhouette on the right. The scene suggests a river-side ritual moment at Varanasi with a trishul held toward the sunrise.October 14 20122012-10-14