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February 13 20132013-02-13A bare-chested sadhu with ash-smeared body and a tied-up matted topknot sits cross-legged on a mat in front of a colourful tent with yellow, green and purple panels and marigold garland. He wears an orange and white wrap, a white bead necklace with a pendant, and holds his hands together. A small fire smoulders in a pit before him beside a log, with sandals scattered nearby.2013-02-15Four sadhus sit on the dusty ground in smoke, surrounded by scattered dung cakes and small metal cups. The man in the foreground wears a red and white dhoti, a white sacred thread and a long pearl mala, with white markings on his bare chest. Beside him, a bearded sadhu in orange cloth sits cross-legged, and another bearded man in red cloth sits behind. At right, a sadhu draped in a white cloth over his head wears a tilak on his forehead and a red dhoti. Tents and a tarpaulin stand behind them, with a tin pot and a log nearby. The scene suggests a sacred fire ritual at the Kumbh Mela.Four sadhus sit cross-legged on sandy ground amid rising smoke from a scattered ring of charred logs, a ritual fire setting. The foremost man, bare-chested with a long beard and white beaded necklace, wears a red bandhani-patterned cloth and sits with hands resting on his lap. Behind him, two men wear orange and red cloths, and a man on the right has a white shawl draped over his head and red lungi, with tilak marks on his forehead. Steel tumblers and small bowls sit near them, with cloth tents and a wooden pole in the background. The scene reads as a fire-side sadhu gathering at the Kumbh Mela.September 15 20152015-09-15February 14 20132013-02-14Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +3 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15September 14 20152015-09-14A camp tent with red and yellow striped fabric at a Kumbha Mela gathering. Several sadhus sit on straw and rugs around a small clay fire pit with a brass pot and a steel container nearby. A bearded man in orange robes and a white cap sits bare-chested with rudraksha beads, while an ash-smeared naked sadhu with long matted hair sits at right, a small garland nearby. A sadhu in an orange turban plays a hand drum, and a man in a grey vest and glasses sits at left wearing an orange top. A framed picture with orange marigold garlands hangs at upper right.2013-02-06September 14 20152015-09-14February 14 20132013-02-14