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Indoor photo in a pale pink room with white plastic chairs. A long-haired man with black hair, shown from behind and wearing an orange saffron shawl over his bare upper body, stands at right in motion blur. In front of him a bald, bearded man in orange robes kneels or bends low. At left, a bald man in an orange shawl stands near a glass display case holding an Om symbol. Two seated sannyasis in orange robes and rudraksha malas sit on white chairs in the background, and an orange-clad figure stands at far right. A large framed artwork with a deity-like figure hangs on the wall behind them.

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Indoor scene of several saffron-robed sannyasis walking through a pale yellow corridor. To the left, an older bald man with white-and-red tripundra markings and a bald man in orange robes speak together. Other orange-clad men with shaved heads and tilak markings follow behind, and a man in a white shirt stands in the background. A small white wall panel with a red sign is visible.2010-01-29Indoor photograph in a plain cream-walled room with a brown wooden door and an electrical panel on the wall. A group of men in saffron-orange robes stands together. A bald man with white sacred ash on his forehead and a shawl over his shoulders speaks, his hand gesturing. Beside him, a man with a shaved head and a red bindi wears orange cloth. On the right, a figure in an orange turban and orange robe, with a long dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala, holds hands in anjali. Further right, a bearded man in orange robes stands with hands clasped. Several other robed men stand at the edges. The scene suggests a devotional gathering, with the people in saffron robes watching and standing in a line.2010-01-29Indoor scene in a plain cream-walled room with a brown wooden door and a floral curtain. A central man with a bald head, white beard and a large white and red tilak on his forehead wears orange robes, smiles and holds his hands together in greeting. Beside him, a man in an orange turban with long dark hair, his palms pressed together, faces a woman in orange clothing seen from behind. Several other men in orange robes with shaved heads stand around them, one holding a small pink cloth.2010-01-29August 09 20072007-08-09November 22 20102010-11-22A photograph inside a large orange-and-white tented pavilion at a Kumbh Mela setting, with sadhus and devotees seated on patterned rugs. In the foreground, a bearded sadhu in orange robes and a red turban sits on the left with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, while a bald monk in a red-and-orange dhoti with a gold-and-beaded necklace bows forward, clasping hands with a seated figure in orange robes and an orange head cloth. Other saffron-clad sadhus stand and sit in the background, and a sadhu on the right wears a light orange turban and a long beaded mala. A tented area and orange cloth backdrop fill the scene. The image carries a copyright overlay in the corner.2016-04-22August 17 20062006-08-17August 09 20072007-08-09August 03 20092009-08-03Indoor photograph of a religious ceremony in a pink-walled room with a framed deity print on the wall and a brass oil lamp at right. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala and an orange saffron wrap stands at left with hands folded. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes reaches out to clasp the hands of a bare-chested priest wearing a red shawl with gold border and white dhoti, who stands before brass vessels and a bell. A bearded man in orange robes sits at right, and a yellow-saree-clad woman is partly visible at far left. Several figures in the room are visible, and the scene appears to be a formal blessing or ordination exchange.2007-08-09December 30 20092009-12-30March 25 20142014-03-25