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May 08 2015

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A nighttime city street in Varanasi lit by a bright streetlamp, with shuttered shopfronts on the left and multi-storey buildings on the right. A small group of people in white and light clothing walks along the road, some in white dhotis and sarees, while a few others stand or walk on the pavement. Loaded handcarts and stacked cardboard cartons sit along the right side, and signboards in Hindi and English line the buildings, including a Banaras hotel sign.2015-05-08A night street procession in a crowded Indian town lane lit by a bright overhead lamp and strings of coloured lights. Many sannyasis in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, walk in a dense group. Devotees in white shirts, a woman in a blue headscarf and others in mixed clothing move through the crowd. Shops with colourful signboards line the street, and a golden palanquin or shrine canopy is visible at the right edge. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2015-09-16A night-time street procession moves through a narrow urban lane lined with shuttered shops and hanging wires. Many devotees walk in white dhotis and saris with gold borders, wearing red-and-cream shawls draped over the shoulders and yellow sandal or turmeric marks on the forehead. A man in a white kurta with an orange lanyard and ID badge walks at the centre. On the left, a man in dark clothes carries a young child, and a woman in a pink patterned sari stands at the edge. The crowd is walking in a procession with ritual dress and no visible deity or palanquin in the frame.2015-05-08A night street photograph in a busy Indian town shows a long line of devotees walking in procession down a narrow road lined with shuttered shops, signboards and hanging wires. Most wear white kurtas and dhotis with red-orange shawls, and a woman in a red sari walks near the front. At the front right, a barefoot man in a saffron-orange robe and matching shawl stands apart from the line, facing the group. Streetlights glow overhead and a vendor sits on a bench at the right edge beside a basket of flower garlands.2015-05-08 +1 copiesMay 09th 20162016-05-09A nighttime street procession moves through a crowded Indian town under a large green tarpaulin canopy strung on poles. Many people walk along the road in mixed white and light clothing; a few figures near the left wear white kurtas with saffron or orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A young girl in a blue floral dress holds hands with an adult in the centre. Bright white lights and strings of electric wires overhead illuminate the scene, and a white domed shrine structure with a decorative sign stands in the background. A blue-lit sign reads in Hindi. The overall atmosphere is a devotional crowd walking in a street procession after dark.2016-05-15May 08 20152015-05-08May 09th 20162016-05-09September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesMay 08 20152015-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08October 24 20152015-10-24 +1 copies