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A photograph of a person seated in lotus-style meditation on a concrete ground with a wooden plank beneath, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe and a dark beaded mala across the chest. Their hands rest in mudra gestures on the knees. A brass kettle-shaped vessel with a handle stands at left, a small turquoise woven mat lies in the foreground, and a dark ash patch and red signboards appear in the background. Only the lower torso and hands are visible.

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August 01 20102010-08-01September 06 20102010-09-06September 04 20102010-09-04 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20102010-09-12September 12 20102010-09-12Close crop of a seated person in saffron-orange robes sitting cross-legged on a woven straw mat with a folded orange cushion on a wooden platform. Black rudraksha-style beads hang on the chest, and a brass vessel with a curved handle sits at the left edge. The person's bare foot is visible at the centre, and the ground behind is pale sand with white chalk-like markings. The face is out of frame.2010-09-12September 12 20102010-09-12A man sits cross-legged on an orange cushion over a low wooden platform on a woven mat, with his palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment draped over his shoulders and a long rudraksha mala of dark beads, with a red tilak on his forehead and dark hair swept back. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits to his left on the mat, and a small teal and maroon patterned cloth lies in front. Behind him, a figure in white dhoti and shawl sits with hands folded near a ring of grey ash, and another person in white stands at the left edge. The ground is bare earth scattered with charcoal and white kolam-style lines.2010-09-09September 13 20102010-09-13A photograph of a seated figure in saffron-orange robes sitting cross-legged on a woven mat outdoors on a grey concrete surface with patches of grass behind. The figure wears a long dark rudraksha mala necklace and extends one hand forward, palm open and fingers slightly curled in a gesture of teaching or blessing. Beside them stands a polished brass kalasha-style vessel with a looped handle and a spouted lip, placed on the ground. Only the torso, arms and crossed legs are visible, with the face cropped out of the frame.2010-09-06A seated person in an orange saffron robe and a dark rudraksha mala meditates cross-legged on a woven mat over a wooden block on a concrete ground. Only the torso, arms and crossed legs are visible; the face is cropped out. Hands rest on the knees. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle and spout sits at the left edge, and an orange pillar and a white-clad figure stand in the background beside a patch of grass.2010-09-06Close-up photograph of a seated figure in orange robes, cross-legged on a woven mat atop a low wooden platform beside a river. Only the arms, hands, and legs are visible; the face is cropped out. The figure rests hands on knees in a meditative posture. A polished brass kalasha-style vessel stands blurred in the left background, with soft water and dusky sky beyond. A small red-and-green fringed cloth lies at the lower left. Appearance-based cues alone do not establish identity, so the figure is described only by role as a meditating sannyasi.2011-02-05