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September 18 2015

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A photograph of a seated group on colourful striped woven mats in a tent-like gathering at a Kumbh-type camp. In the centre, a young man in white dhoti and white shirt with a beaded necklace has his eyes covered by his hands, while a woman in a red patterned shawl and white top, wearing glasses and a forehead mark, touches his head. Beside them a young boy in a yellow and red garment and beaded garlands watches. Behind, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a head covering and a bearded elder in an orange-yellow turban sit close by. Other seated devotees wear white, orange and saffron clothing, with bags on the floor in the foreground. A tall figure in saffron robes in the background looks on, and the setting suggests a blindfolded initiation or practice session.2015-09-19July 16 20172017-07-16June 01 20172017-06-01A photograph of a devotee-home pada puja in Pudukkotai. A seated man in a white sleeveless top and orange cloth, with wooden-framed glasses, a red-orange rudraksha-style mala, and white vibhuti lines on his forehead and arms, has his arm held by a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles who bends over his arm. Beside them, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a long mala kneels, and a figure in an orange robe with a gold necklace and beaded bracelets sits near the front. Standing devotees in white dhotis and orange stand behind, and a red-robed person bends over a brass vessel with flower garlands in the lower right. The floor has a colourful striped mat.2014-07-01A seated group ceremony with many people sitting on colourful striped mats. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and grey trousers kneels and places his hands on the head of a child wearing a black blindfold; the child wears an orange cloth. Several children in orange or saffron cloths sit around, some with white ash stripes on their bodies and one with a blindfold. A man on the left wears a rudraksha mala, eyeglasses and white clothes with a gold-bordered cloth. Other attendees wear white and yellow-bordered dhotis, and a woman with white hair sits in white at right. Behind them are more seated devotees and a wall with wooden chairs.2017-07-08Inside a tented hall at a Kumbh Mela camp, a seated group sits on colourful woven rugs. In the foreground, a man in an orange shirt with a red-and-orange sash sits with his back to the camera, facing a bald monk in an orange robe. To the right, a bearded sadhu in orange with a yellow-and-orange turban and beaded malas sits cross-legged, and an elderly bearded man in orange sits at the far right. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts sit or stand nearby, and a woman in white with a red bag stands at left. Behind them, shoes are stacked on wooden shelves at left, and deity imagery and orange cloth hang in the background. About a dozen people are visible.2015-09-15 +1 copiesA photo inside a tented ashram hall at a camp setting, with rows of wooden footwear or sandals stacked on shelves at the top left. Seated on a colourful striped woven mat, a woman in an orange sari with a white head covering holds a paper, as a woman in a white sari sits on a red plastic chair beside her offering a paper. Nearby a man in white dhoti and white garment kneels with hands on the mat, while several saffron-robed sadhus and men in orange and white sit around. Men in orange and a man in a white shirt and dhoti stand in the background. Several seated men wear orange robes and one holds an open book with printed pages.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10July 08 20172017-07-08September 10 20152015-09-10September 18 20152015-09-18 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copies