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Outdoor photo of a man in a rust-orange saffron robe with gold-edged border, a dark turban, red tilak and an orange marigold garland with a gold pendant, standing barefoot on stone steps and smiling as he rests his hand on the head of a devotee in a yellow-green checked shirt and dark jeans who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them a second man in white with a beaded mala and a blue-shirted man at the lower right look on. A raised red-roofed pavilion with onlookers and a red signboard stands above on the steps, with trees overhead. a person wearing an ochre robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland receiving a devotee's blessing.

A photograph of a procession on stone steps beside a tall beige wall and a metal stair railing. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare chest wears a rust-orange dhoti and a saffron-orange shawl, and holds a rudraksha mala. Beside him, a man in white ritual cloth with a white shawl wears a long rudraksha mala and an ornate necklace. Behind them, a figure in an orange robe stands on a higher level near a lamp post. At the lower left, a shirtless attendant in orange wears a rudraksha mala and a headband, and another attendant in a dark turban is partly visible at the bottom left edge. Watermarked copyright text overlays the right side of the frame.

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Night procession on a stone-paved street in front of a brightly painted temple gopuram with white bull figures on its roof. A bald man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl carries a garland of yellow and white flowers and walks at the front. Beside him, a bearded man with long swept-back hair wears a rust-red garment, a long wooden rudraksha mala and a shawl, and walks barefoot. A younger man in an orange robe and beaded mala holds a white flower bundle. A woman in a green sari and a second woman in an orange garment follow. A tall illuminated street lamp and a stone wall with a lattice gate are behind them.

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A photograph of a seated sadhu in orange-saffron robes on weathered stone steps, wearing a dark turban, an orange and marigold garland, rudraksha beads on his arms and chest, and a tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a crowd of onlookers stands along a railing on a raised concrete platform, some raising their hands. A red sign with Hindi and Bengali text is mounted on the railing, and pigeons sit on the steps.

Evening scene at a riverside ghat in Varanasi. A tall red-orange shrine with ornate spires and a small arched doorway stands on stone steps beside a tree. Several men are on the steps: a bare-chested man in a white vest and purple lungi carries a pink bag, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands near the shrine, a bearded man in a pink shawl and dark dhoti stands in front of the shrine doorway, and a man in orange robes stands on the right by the wall. Lower in the frame, a few heads and shoulders of people sit on the steps. A man in white clothes stands at the far right.

Outdoors on a stone stepped ghat, a man in a rust-orange sannyasi robe and tall black turban-like headwear stands center, wearing a long orange-and-white marigold garland, a dark rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, a gold chain, and beaded bracelets on his arms, with a red tilak on his forehead. He smiles and gestures with one hand. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala and gold chain walks, and a man in a light cream kurta stands behind. A child in a light blue top and other people are visible in the background, and a person in a green-and-yellow checked shirt is bent forward at the bottom edge. Several people appear at the top, behind a red railing.

Night photograph at a temple precinct with a colourful gopuram-style shrine in the background, decorated with painted figures and bull statues. Three men walk across a stone pavement. The central man has long dark hair, a full beard and a maroon-brown dhoti and wrap, with a thick rope-like cord over his shoulder. The man on the right wears orange-saffron cloth and a rudraksha mala, and holds a white coconut or sacred fruit. The man on the left, bald and wearing a rust-brown dhoti with a flower garland and a yellow marigold-type offering, carries a bag. A woman in a green sari stands behind them, and a few other figures and parked motorcycles are visible on the left. The a person presence is only an appearance-based candidate: the central figure with long hair, beard and maroon wrap may be the a person, so the entry is marked as probable in person.