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Photograph inside a tent at a Kumbh Mela gathering, with a green rope barrier and a yellow mat floor. Seated rows of saffron-robed sadhus and mahants sit on low white platforms with water bottles and red-wrapped packets. Several sadhus have shaved heads or wear orange and pink robes, and one bearded elder in a pink turban and orange shawl gestures with his hand. At right, a man in a black suit with an orange garland bows toward the seated men, while a woman in a red and orange sari stands nearby. Standing devotees fill the background.

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February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15A crowded tent interior at the Kumbh Mela with green poles and rope lines. A woman seated at the front-left wears an orange garment, a gold-beaded necklace and gold earrings, and has her hands folded, smiling. Beside her, a figure in orange robes with a crown-like orange head covering and an orange shawl sits cross-legged. Two white plastic tables in the foreground hold water bottles and packets of orange cloth and small items. A standing man in a grey sweater and beige trousers bends toward a seated figure receiving a flower garland. Around them, sadhus and devotees in orange and saffron robes stand and sit, including a bearded man with a tall orange turban and orange shawl, and a bald man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads. Yellow cloth covers the floor.2013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15A long banquet-style meal in a tented pavilion with a red carpet runner. Rows of low wooden tables are set with steel thalis holding marigold garlands, small bowls of food and water bottles. Seated along both sides are saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads and rudraksha malas, and women in sarees and salwar kameez, some in red and gold. A man in a bright orange dhoti and shirt stands at the left, gesturing toward the seated line. Standing at the upper right are saffron-clad attendants and a man in white with a long staff. Behind them hang large colourful devotional paintings.2016-05-10A photograph of a large open-sided tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with a yellow cloth floor and corrugated metal walls. Many saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis sit in rows on low wooden trays laid with steel plates, small bowls and water bottles, as if for a shared meal (bandara). In the centre, a man in a peach kurta holds a small book and stands among seated monks, one of whom wears a rudraksha mala and a bead garland. A seated monk in an orange headwrap and robe eats from a steel bowl. A bald monk in saffron sits at the right foreground. Several men in white kurtas stand at the far right.2013-02-15 +2 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15