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Outdoor crowd gathering beneath an orange and purple tent canopy with red fringed trim, with a steel railway bridge in the background. In the foreground, a shaved-headed figure in a saffron-orange garment with rudraksha beads sits at the front, facing a line of devotees. A bare-chested man with a gold necklace and a dark-skinned man with a shaved head and white dhoti stand nearby. Many people in white clothes and orange shawls crowd along a brick path, several photographing with cameras. A person in an orange robe with a dark topknot and gold jewellery stands at right.2013-02-08April 22 20162016-04-22A procession of sadhus and devotees walks along a dusty riverside path under a bright sky, with many red, orange and yellow umbrellas raised above the crowd. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a gold-edged yellow shawl wears a heavy gold necklace and bangles. Nearby, figures in saffron and maroon robes wear rudraksha malas and gold garlands, some with long matted hair and ash markings. A large maroon banner behind them shows a portrait of a bald man with a red tilak on his forehead, beside Hindi text. Trees and temple domes stand in the background, and spectators watch from a sloped embankment on the right.2016-04-22February 08 20132013-02-08May 17 20152015-05-17Crowded outdoor riverbank scene at a Kumbhamela gathering, with a striped blue-and-white canopy and red, gold and white draped tent backdrop behind. Many people stand in shallow water and on the sand. In the foreground a group of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis, some with shaved heads, white tilak marks and rudraksha malas, walk together. A bearded man in an orange robe with a long beard and a figure wrapped in orange cloth stand among them. Devotees in white, orange and colourful saris and dhotis surround the group, and a cameraman films at right. Several sannyasis wear orange robes and orange head wraps.2010-01-30January 30 20102010-01-30October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoor photo at a riverside gathering under a multicoloured canopy with tasselled fringe. A crowd of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees surrounds a central older bald man with a white-striped forehead, wearing an orange shawl and a dark rudraksha mala, who stands among them; he has no crown or turban and no distinctive a person cues beyond the shared saffron attire. A man in front wears an orange dhoti, bare-chested with rudraksha malas, holding a flower garland and a small object. Other devotees in saffron and white robes, some with shaved heads and tripundra markings, stand close together. Background shows people along a sandy bank, water, trees and a scaffold structure under a clear sky.2010-01-30April 22 20162016-04-22Outdoor 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.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03