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July 30 2011

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Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a bald, white-bearded older man in a pale pink kurta with a yellow-orange shawl, his hands pressed together in greeting. Around him, older women in red and orange saris, men in yellow and orange shawls and a man in a striped cap cluster closely. On the right, a figure in an orange top and patterned shawl extends a hand toward a bowed elderly woman. A pink wall and a parked white vehicle are behind them.2011-07-30July 30 20112011-07-30July 30 20112011-07-30July 30 20112011-07-30July 30 20112011-07-30A photo of a street-side gathering in Varanasi. In the foreground a bald man with orange tilak and rudraksha mala on bare shoulders talks with a man wearing a red-maroon turban, garland of orange and white flowers, and a maroon-and-gold-striped garment, who has his palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them a white-kurta man, an elderly man with white beard in orange cloth, and sannyasis in saffron stand near parked vehicles. On the right an elderly man in a white shawl presses his hands together, while women in yellow-green and pink saris look on.2015-10-03January 12 20092009-01-12August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09A photograph of a street-side exchange outside a building with a metal grille and hanging greenery. In the foreground, a bearded man in orange shirt and black rudraksha mala folds his hands in greeting. Beside him, a bald man in a saffron-orange shawl with a bead necklace stands near the door. On the right, a sadhu in a deep red turban and bare-chested with an orange shawl and yellow flower garland folds his hands in namaste. Other saffron-robed sadhus, a man in a red turban, and onlookers stand behind, with a bare-chested older devotee and several people further back.2015-09-14Indoor photograph of a blessing line in a hall with a painted temple-style backdrop of orange and red pillars. A man in a pink-orange turban, pink silk garment and beaded rudraksha-style mala holds his palm on the head of a light-haired man in black, who bows with hands folded. A man in a white kurta and mala stands nearby with palms joined. On the right, a shaven-headed man in an orange robe with a red-and-orange shawl stands at the edge of the frame. Other devotees with folded hands line the left side, and a brass lamp and fruit appear in the foreground.2011-12-27Crowded riverside scene at a Kumbhamela-style gathering, with a river and sandy bank behind the crowd and colourful cloth streamers hanging from a pole at top. In the centre, a bald man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead holds a trident-like staff wrapped with a yellow and red flower garland, while others in orange robes press around him. To the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a white beard gestures toward the staff. A man in a red-and-orange cloth wrap smiles near the staff. Many devotees in orange and saffron clothing, some bare-chested with vibhuti marks and malas, fill the foreground. Several people wear forehead markings and beads.2010-01-30