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A photograph of a bearded sadhu with long matted hair and a long grey-brown beard, wearing a saffron-orange turban and an orange and yellow striped garment. He leans forward on a rope-strung cot with a patterned cushion, wearing red and beaded bracelets and a wristwatch, gazing to the side. Behind him are white tents, a corrugated metal wall, a red cloth and a strand of orange marigold garlands. A sack-like bundle rests beside him.

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A bearded sadhu sits on a cloth-covered seat beneath a blue tarpaulin, wearing a crown of orange marigold garlands. He is bare-chested with a thick layered rudraksha mala vest and a clear crystal bead necklace with a black bead strand. Ropes hang around him, and a colourful woven and tasseled cloth hangs at the right. He holds a small clay cup and a short stick, and gazes off to the side. No other physical people are visible. a person identification is not established from appearance alone.2013-02-12A bare-chested sadhu stands before a pink and tan canvas tent. His face and body are smeared with white ash, and an orange marigold garland is wrapped around his head. Several layers of dark rudraksha mala beads hang across his chest, with matching rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms and wrists. He has a long dark beard and matted hair knotted up at the top, and he gazes steadily to one side. Canvas and wooden poles are visible behind him.2013-02-12A photograph of a crowd inside an orange-draped tent. In the centre stands a bearded sadhu in an orange robe and a red turban, with long matted locks falling to his chest and a red shawl draped over one shoulder. He holds a trident (trishul) upright beside him and gazes upward. Around him, devotees in orange vests, white kurtas and a man with folded hands stand close together, with a bare-chested man at right. Orange and patterned fabric hangs from the tent poles behind them.2013-02-08A bare-chested sadhu with ash-smeared body and a tied-up matted topknot sits cross-legged on a mat in front of a colourful tent with yellow, green and purple panels and marigold garland. He wears an orange and white wrap, a white bead necklace with a pendant, and holds his hands together. A small fire smoulders in a pit before him beside a log, with sandals scattered nearby.2013-02-15February 11 20132013-02-11February 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesMay 11 20162016-05-11Three sadhus sit cross-legged on a mat under an orange-and-yellow tent during a communal meal. The central figure is bare-chested with white ash smeared on his skin, a long white beard and hair, a striped orange-and-yellow cloth around his waist, and a turban; he raises one hand in greeting. The man on the left wears an orange turban, a white wrap and beige dhoti, with a red tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala. The man on the right wears orange robes and an orange turban with long dreadlocked hair. Each has a steel plate with food in front of them, and other saffron-clad people sit behind them.2016-04-21May 06 20162016-05-06Photo of an elderly bearded sadhu seated outdoors on a mat, raising his right arm high while holding a rolled pink cloth. He wears a yellow turban, an orange sleeveless vest over an orange kurta, and a red-and-orange patterned lower garment, with a red tilak marked on his forehead. Behind him hang a yellow fabric panel and a dark blue cloth, and a partially visible person sits in the background.2013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 08 20132013-02-08A large outdoor gathering of sadhus in saffron and orange robes seated on the ground, many with orange turbans. In the foreground two bearded sadhus with long matted hair sit cross-legged; the one on the left wears an orange wrap and raises an open hand, while the bare-chested sadhu beside him has ash-smeared face and body, long grey dreadlocks, a beaded necklace and a striped orange and brown loincloth, with both palms raised. Steel plates of food and small cups sit in front of them, and a white cloth lies on the lap of the central figure. Other seated devotees in orange fill the background.2016-05-07 +1 copies