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April 22 20162016-04-22Outdoor ceremony under a colourful striped canopy in red, yellow and blue with a white cloth edge and marigold garland on a purple drape. In the foreground a bare-chested sannyasi in orange cloth, long hair tied up, lifts an orange and gold shawl. Beside him a man in an orange robe and orange turban stands still, receiving the cloth. Seated devotees in white shirts and white dhotis watch from the right, and a red and gold chair is visible at lower right. Three people are clearly visible in the scene, with a few more partially visible at the edges.2007-08-09A photograph of an outdoor tent gathering with striped red, yellow and blue canopy fabric. In the foreground, a bearded elderly man in an orange turban and orange robes, with a beard and white hair, receives an orange cloth being draped over his shoulders by a man in a dark navy shirt wearing a red-beaded bracelet. A man in a red-and-gold turban and gold earrings stands at right, and another person in orange cloth sits near the lower right. Several onlookers in orange, yellow and white clothing stand and sit behind a metal railing. The scene suggests a felicitation or honouring with a shawl, though the person's identity cannot be determined from appearance.2015-01-13February 11 20132013-02-11December 31 20092009-12-31Photograph inside an orange-draped tent at a sadhu gathering. A man with long hair in a bun and a beard, wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha-style necklace, stands with his back to the camera, facing a bearded elder in orange robes and dark sunglasses who wears a red-beaded mala and embraces him. Seated nearby are an elder with a shaved head in pink robes and a yellow marigold garland, a seated saffron-clad sadhu with a yellow marigold garland and a white forehead band, and other robed monks on the right. A man in a light blue shirt stands at the left edge. The copyright notice and Source credit are overlaid on the lower right of the photo.2016-04-22December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph inside a tent with pink and red draped fabric and a white backdrop. A figure in a brown-orange turban, orange shawl and ornate gold bracelet stands at left, reaching forward to drape an orange shawl over the shoulders of a seated monk in pale saffron robes wearing a matching turban. Two men stand at right with hands folded in greeting: one in an orange turban and orange-brown robes, the other in a rust-brown turban and orange shawl. A decorated kalasha-style ornament with a colourful border sits behind the seated monk. The scene suggests an honouring or felicitation ceremony in a camp setting.2013-02-11Outdoor tent at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering. Seated on a low covered platform with red and blue cushions, a woman in orange robes wears a long yellow-marigold garland and a white forehead mark, her hands folded. Beside her sits a bald man in pale pink robes and a rudraksha mala, and at left another seated man in orange with a orange turban and beaded mala. A standing attendant in orange and yellow holds a yellow umbrella at the left edge, and a crowd of onlookers in white and pink shirts stands behind. A photographer in orange at right gestures toward the seated group. Orange and white striped tent fabric overhead.2016-04-22February 12 20132013-02-12April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22