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A photograph of saffron-robed sadhus seated in a row inside an orange tent, with steel meal trays set on wooden tables before them. The central figure wears a rust-red turban, a dark beaded mala with gold-toned beads, a gold armlet, and a saffron shawl. Beside him sit a man with a short beard in orange cloth, a bald man in orange with a rudraksha mala, a shaven-headed man with a yellow tilak smiling, and a figure with an orange head-wrap. A man with a light beard and grey hair sits at the far right in orange robes. Everyone faces left, attentive, as if at a shared meal.

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A night-time communal meal in an outdoor tent camp, with saffron-clad renunciants seated on floor mats at long wooden tables. A smiling man in the centre wears a maroon turban, a maroon shawl and a rudraksha-style beaded mala. Beside him, a man in orange robes and orange head cloth holds a beaded mala. At right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes wears red and white beaded necklaces. Steel thalis with flower garlands and food sit on the tables, and more orange-robed people fill the background under tent poles and lamps.2016-05-10May 06 20162016-05-06 +1 copiesApril 23 20162016-04-23April 21 20162016-04-21A row of seated sannyasis in saffron and orange robes sits on low wooden platforms against an orange cloth backdrop. In the foreground at right, a bald man in orange clothes wears a dark wooden rudraksha mala and looks to his left. Beside him, a person with long black hair in orange garments sits with hands resting near the platforms. Further along, an older white-bearded man in orange sits among others, and yellow flower petals lie on the wooden seats. Other figures in orange stand or sit toward the left edge.2016-05-11April 22 20162016-04-22A seated assembly of saffron-robed sadhus under an orange tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, a row of men on low wooden benches. In the foreground a bald sadhu in orange with a yellow tilak on his forehead sits at left, and beside him a sadhu with a long grey beard wears orange and reads from an open book. A man with a red-orange turban and a beaded rudraksha necklace with gold bands on his arm sits centre-left. At right, a younger shaven-headed monk in dark red-orange cloth kneels with palms pressed together facing the seated row. Several more sadhus in orange and peach robes line the bench behind, with white tent poles and a fan visible.2016-04-22April 23 20162016-04-23May 06 20162016-05-06A row of seated sadhus and monks in orange and saffron robes sits cross-legged on low wooden tables inside an orange tent-like canopy, each before a stainless steel thali tray in what appears to be a bhandara meal. One elderly man at the left wears a pale pink garment and red tilak, a long-haired sadhu with a beard sits in orange, and several bald and bearded monks are in saffron, one wearing a red turban at right. Brass cups and steel plates line the tables, with an orange cloth wall behind them. The photograph is a blurred, warmly lit view of the seated assembly.2016-04-21April 23 20162016-04-23April 21 20162016-04-21