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September 15 2015

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September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesFebruary 12 20132013-02-12A bare-chested sadhu with long matted dreadlocks and a grey-white smeared face stands raising his right hand in blessing under a tent. He wears many strands of brown rudraksha malas across his chest, a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, a silver bangle, and a red cloth draped over a tall trident with green and silver bands. Orange marigold garlands hang from the trident. A bare-chested figure with rudraksha malas and matted hair, appearance-based candidate for a person shown as a sannyasi performing a blessing gesture at the Kumbh setting. Green and brown tent fabric forms the background.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13A photograph of a crowd inside an orange-draped tent. In the centre stands a bearded sadhu in an orange robe and a red turban, with long matted locks falling to his chest and a red shawl draped over one shoulder. He holds a trident (trishul) upright beside him and gazes upward. Around him, devotees in orange vests, white kurtas and a man with folded hands stand close together, with a bare-chested man at right. Orange and patterned fabric hangs from the tent poles behind them.2013-02-08A bearded sadhu with long grey-streaked hair tied in a topknot sits in front of a deep orange cloth backdrop. He wears white-and-cream wraps and several strands of dark red rudraksha beads around his neck, and white and yellow horizontal tilak stripes with a red bindi mark his forehead. Behind him, a person in white clothing stands partly visible, and a hand at the right edge holds a small red object. a person is not visibly identifiable from appearance cues here, so the figure is described by role only.2013-02-09December 08 20152015-12-08 +1 copiesAugust 08 20172017-08-08A standing man in a rust-red monastic wrap and matching draped cloth stands barefoot on a striped pink, blue and green mat in a bright hall. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads across his chest, rudraksha armlets and wrist beads, a leopard-print belt, and a white forehead band with a red bindi. Long dark dreadlocks fall past his shoulders. Behind him, a woman in a pink and yellow sari stands near seated devotees in orange and white clothing on mats, with orange cushions at left. The appearance is consistent with a figure described as a person, though the cues are not fully conclusive.2017-09-28