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A crowd of men pushes around a covered veranda entrance beside a white column and a yellow wall with an arched wooden door. Many are in white shirts with orange scarves, and several hold up mobile phones to take pictures. A man in an orange turban and orange sash stands near the doorway, with a bald man in an orange shawl beside him and a man in a light peach robe to the right. Green foliage is visible through the open side of the veranda.

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September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees presses around a figure in an indoor hall with large windows and pale pink walls. On the right, a smiling person wears a red-orange turban decorated with orange and white flowers, a red-orange garment and a rudraksha mala, with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside and in front of this figure, several saffron-robed sannyasis and bare-chested men in orange cloth stand with rudraksha necklaces, while devotees in white shirts reach out with hands. A red thread is tied on a wrist in the lower left. Bright daylight fills the room. a person is. Approximately 25 people are visible.2014-07-01A crowded photo of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees in a concrete corridor at a Kumbh Mela camp. At the centre, a man with a red turban, a long gold-beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold-coloured sash stands smiling, surrounded by people. To his right, a man in a white kurta wears a beaded necklace, and a bald man in orange stands nearby. Around them are orange-robed sadhus with white beards and orange turbans, a man in a blue checked shirt gesturing, and a phone raised by a person on the left to film. A red-and-white banner hangs at left.2015-09-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a central figure in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, wearing a yellow marigold garland and a rudraksha-style mala, receiving a welcome. Surrounding him are men in white dhotis and white shirts, one holding a silver tray with a coconut, a small silver pot and green leaves, another holding a flower bundle. Uniformed police stand at the left edge, a man films with a camera at top right, and devotees press their palms together at the lower right. Trees and a building doorway form the backdrop.2011-05-24Outdoors among green trees, a man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a yellow-orange marigold garland, smiles and stands at the centre of a crowd. Beside him a bald man in white dhoti and bare chest with a sacred thread stands near a silver tray holding a coconut and green leaves. A man in a white shirt wears an orange shawl with a printed motif, and another man in an orange shawl and dark kurta smiles at right. A man in white holds a camera overhead near a doorway with an iron gate. Several people in white and orange clothing press close around the central figure, some with hands raised toward him. A man in orange kurta stands at far right. Hands and heads in the foreground partially obscure the view.2011-05-24A photograph of a crowd gathered in a narrow white-walled passage. At centre, a man wears an orange-red turban decorated with white flowers, a red-orange garment, a white floral garland and a long gold-bead necklace, and holds a green coconut-shaped vessel with a lit flame. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange shawls and rudraksha malas, look on. A man in the foreground in a white shirt holds the lit flame. Several more people stand behind in the background.2008-07-27July 01 20142014-07-01A crowded indoor scene in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a window with iron bars at right. Several people raise cameras and phones, including a man in a striped maroon shirt on the left and a hand holding a DSLR camera aloft in the foreground. Around the centre, shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shirts wear beaded rudraksha malas and gold chains, and some wear orange-saffron garments. A few men wear glasses. The mood is a tight, jostling gathering of devotees and photographers, with no clearly visible central figure whose appearance can be confidently matched to the page's named swami.2011-05-24A crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees gathers in a narrow concrete doorway. At centre, a smiling man in a deep red turban and saffron-orange shawl wears a heavy gold-beaded necklace and a long rudraksha mala, with a red bead string at his chest; he stands among a close group. Another man beside him wears an orange and gold shawl and gold necklace, and a bearded sadhu on the left wears saffron and orange robes. Behind them, many orange-clad sadhus with white beards and turbans watch, and devotees in white kurtas stand nearby. Peeling walls and a painted blue panel frame the scene.2015-09-11 +1 copiesA crowded indoor scene in a yellow-walled hall with red wooden doors and a bright light source at the top. A bare-headed man in a long-sleeved white shirt and dark trousers stands center-left, while a shaved-headed figure wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a long garland of white and red flowers is pressed among devotees. Several men in white shirts, a man in a maroon shirt, and people with orange turbans or head cloths surround him. A cameraman in the foreground holds a large video camera, and another person films with a handheld device. Many hands are raised toward the central figure as people crowd around to see him.2014-06-19May 01 20152015-05-01Indoor photo in a white-walled hall with a glass-paneled door and colourful pillar banners at top. A central figure in saffron-orange headcloth and orange robe, wearing gold bangles and a gold chain, smiles while people in white shirts and dhotis crowd around. A bald man in white cloth and a shaved-headed priest in orange robe and rudraksha mala stand nearby, with a red-lidded tray of offerings held by a man on the right. Several onlookers in white and orange fill the background, and a logo appears in the upper left. The scene suggests a devotional reception or puja line.2011-10-09