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Outdoor photograph at a festival camp on a teal ground sheet in bright daylight. A man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala speaks with a shaven-headed sadhu in orange robes and beaded necklaces at left. In the centre, a bearded sadhu in orange robes and a pink shawl holds a mobile phone. Behind them, several bare-chested men with ash-smeared skin and beads wear white loincloths. At right, a bearded sadhu in an orange turban and red shawl holds a yellow cloth bag. Behind them stand a silver palanquin or ratha and white tents, a red flag and a red-and-white banner with a medical camp sign.

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Outdoor festival photo at a Kumbh Mela camp under bright sun. Several men stand close together on a green tarpaulin. On the left, a man in white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala speaks, hand on chest. Beside him, a man in orange robe with pink shawl holds a small dark object. On the right, a bearded man in red and orange clothing with a gold-bordered shawl holds a silver staff, and a shaved-headed man stands behind him. Behind them, a red flag, white tents, and a silver ornate palanquin or chariot are visible. Several men are shirtless with rudraksha malas. Five people visible.2016-05-17A daytime outdoor photograph at a camp near a parked white car, with a maroon banner reading Nithyanand Devasthanam and a red medical cross sign behind. Four men stand close together talking on a pale green ground. On the left, a bare-chested man with ash-smeared grey skin and a white loincloth holds a sadhu's cord and beads. Next, a bearded man in saffron robes and a pink shawl holds a phone. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with gold borders wears a rudraksha mala and sunglasses. On the right, a bare-chested man wears saffron cloth, a rudraksha mala and bracelets, and has a shaved head with a tuft. A kalasha-style gold necklace is visible on him. Several people stand in the tent behind.2016-05-17 +1 copiesMay 17 20162016-05-17May 17 20162016-05-17Outdoor scene at a camp beside a white SUV with a light-bar and a person Annalaya tent behind, bearing a banner reading Nithyananda Annalaya and Participants of Shaddarshanam Program. Four men stand on a green tarpaulin: a bare-bodied ash-smeared sadhu at left in a loincloth, an older saffron-robed sadhu with white hair and a pink shawl shaking hands with a man in white dhoti and shirt with gold border, rudraksha mala and dark glasses, and a shaved-headed sadhu in orange with a rudraksha garland at right. Red-and-white medical signage and a pink umbrella appear in the background.2016-05-17February 15 20132013-02-15A crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees gathers under a pale white tent canopy outdoors, with hazy light and marigold petals scattered on an orange cloth mat in the foreground. In the centre, a tall man in a deep maroon-and-saffron robe with a red turban and a long rudraksha mala stands beside a seated figure in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala. At left, a bare-chested bearded man with white sacred ash on his body wears a white dhoti with a gold waistband and a gold pendant. Several turbaned attendants in orange and a man in white with an orange shawl stand nearby. The visible candidate for a person is the tall man in the red turban and maroon robe, whose appearance is ambiguous, so identity is uncertain. No printed name is visible in the scene.2015-01-13Outdoor scene on a dusty road by a riverbank with hazy sky, utility poles and a crowd of people in the background. A young bespectacled man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands at left facing right. In the centre, a man in orange dhoti with gold trim and a flower garland of orange marigolds holds a red kalasha-like vessel on a tray, with white sacred marks on his forehead. At right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes wears layered gold-beaded necklaces and a red tilak, standing with a mobile phone in hand. Other men in white dhotis with red waistcloths and orange-clad devotees stand nearby, some holding books or objects.2013-02-12February 15 20132013-02-15Outdoor scene at a Kumbh Mela camp beside a corrugated metal wall, with marigold garlands on tall poles behind. A man with grey-white painted body and long grey beard, wearing orange cloth, stands at left. Center: a smiling figure with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe with gold trim, multiple beaded rudraksha necklaces and a gold chain, hands clasped. Around him are saffron-robed sadhus, one with an orange turban, another in a red shawl with a bushy white beard and long mala, and several bald men in orange robes with rudraksha malas. A man in a leather jacket at far left wears a name badge.2013-02-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15Outdoor procession under a tented canopy on a sandy path with a red carpet edge. A man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead wears a rust-red robe with gold borders and a long rudraksha mala, walking at the front. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with gold-edged shawl and rudraksha mala walks. Behind them a man in orange robes with a white tilak and beaded necklaces walks, and another in orange robes follows at right. Several turbaned men in orange and yellow stand in the background, and a tall white screen panel and blue-and-red draped backdrop frame the scene.2015-01-12