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Two elderly sadhus sit cross-legged on woven mats in a plain hall in front of orange banners. The man on the left wears an orange shawl over white dhoti, a tilak with red kumkum on his forehead, and folds his hands. The man on the right is bare-chested with ash smeared on his skin and head, wearing a rudraksha mala and a pendant, with an orange and red cloth around his waist; he sits relaxed with his hands resting on his knees. A plastic water bottle sits between them and a green leaf rests on the mat. Banners in Tamil behind them carry phone numbers and an institutional name.

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A photograph of five sadhus seated in a row on a plain floor, eating from banana leaves placed before them. The foremost man on the left wears an orange shawl over white cloth, with a red tilak on his forehead and white ash marks. The second man has a shaved head dusted with white ash and wears orange cloth with a shawl. The third sadhu, with long white hair and beard and wearing rudraksha mala beads, sits in orange garments with his hands near the leaf. The two men on the right wear orange cloth, with one bare-chested and another in an orange turban, and small glasses of water are set near the leaves. Behind them a large poster shows a man in orange robes, a printed phone number, and the words 'PLEASE MEDITATE ON' along the wall.2011-01-16A photograph of a long, open-sided tent where many saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged in rows on the ground, each before a green banana leaf with a small glass of water. 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