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A photograph inside a large tented hall packed with saffron-robed sadhus and devotees. In the foreground a figure with long dark dreadlocks, an orange turban and a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands with their back to the camera, clasping hands with an older bearded man in orange robes, layered beaded necklaces and a gold pendant. A short-haired person in the lower right foreground is partly visible. Behind them a crowd of orange-clad people fills the seating area under hanging lights and fabric canopies, with a figure in white at the centre-left.

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May 05 20162016-05-05A photo taken from behind a bare-shouldered figure wearing an orange-saffron turban and a long rust-brown rudraksha mala around the neck, long dark hair falling down the back. He is clasping hands with a shorn-headed young man in orange-saffron robes and wire-rimmed glasses, who has a rudraksha mala. Behind them a large tented hall with hanging colourful tassel decorations and a crowd of people in orange and white clothing.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 10th 20162016-05-10May 05 20162016-05-05A photograph inside a red-draped tent at a Kumbh Mela camp. On the right, a man in a tall orange-saffron turban and orange-brown robe, with long dark hair and a dark brown rudraksha mala, smiles and clasps hands with an older bearded man in the centre. That older man wears a pale orange robe, a dark rudraksha mala, gold chains and a red tilak, and has white beard and long grey hair. On the left a young man in orange robes wears a layered beaded necklace, and another man in a grey shirt with a blue lanyard stands behind. Several saffron-clad sadhus and seated devotees are visible in the background.2016-05-05A photograph of several saffron and orange-robed sadhus greeting one another in a decorated hall with a red wall and a carved relief behind them. In the centre, a man in a rust-red turban and long rust-red shawl with long braided hair smiles and clasps the hand of an elderly bearded sadhu in red robes with a large gold pendant and beaded rudraksha-style necklaces. Beside them stand a bearded man with a white tilak and orange garland, and a sadhu in orange with a long grey beard on the right. Several devotees in the background. a person identified by appearance cues: long braided hair, rust-red turban and ornate pendant-style necklaces in the central greeting role.2016-05-05May 16 20162016-05-16Photograph inside a red-draped hall at a Kumbh Mela camp, with a dark carved relief panel on the right wall. In the foreground, a bald man with orange tilak and an orange shawl reaches toward a tray. A central figure in an orange-red turban and terracotta-brown shawl leans forward and touches a plate, while beside him a bearded elder with long grey-white beard and wild hair wears a red-orange robe, a red forehead mark and layered beaded necklaces with a gold pendant. Several other saffron-robed sadhus stand behind, and a seated crowd fills the background. Hands are raised in namaste in the lower left.2016-05-05May 11 20162016-05-11May 05 20162016-05-05A photograph of a Kumbh Mela camp event with several saffron-robed sadhus. In the centre, a man with long grey hair and a full white beard wears an orange-red robe, rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, and stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him a smiling sadhu wears a rust-orange turban and rudraksha mala. Other saffron-clad holy men and a young man in red with glasses stand nearby, and a dark relief carving of a deity is on the back wall under bright lights. Several orange-clad figures have tilak on their foreheads.2016-05-05