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Crowded outdoor photograph of a large group of devotees in matching orange clothing. Most wear orange baseball caps with a small circular emblem, orange t-shirts, and orange shawls draped over their shoulders; several wear rudraksha malas. Some are smiling, a few look on attentively, and two foreground men in front are smiling broadly. A few women wear dark or grey clothing under their orange shawls. No deity, altar, or a person candidate is clearly visible among the participants.

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May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 24 20062006-05-24 +1 copiesA photograph from behind of a dense crowd of devotees seated closely together, nearly all wearing draped saffron-orange shawls and robes. Visible hairstyles include neat buns with decorative hair clips and loose dark hair; one person wears an orange baseball cap, another a navy top, and a woman in the foreground wears a red and yellow garment. The crowd fills the frame. No clearly identifiable figure at the front is shown, and no ritual object is visible apart from a rudraksha mala on one neck.2006-05-24May 22 20062006-05-22August 11 20172017-08-11Large crowd of devotees dressed in matching saffron-orange robes and orange caps stands on a riverbank in Rishikesh, with forested hills behind and the Ganga visible at left. Many wear rudraksha malas. A small ornate palanquin or ratha with flowers and a canopy appears in the middle distance among the group. Most faces are close to the camera, so the crowd is dense in the foreground. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.2006-05-22Outdoor gathering of seated devotees in saffron and orange robes on white cloth, several wearing orange turbans or head wraps. A bearded elderly sannyasi with white beard and glasses sits center, wearing an orange robe and orange turban with a red bindi, hands resting on his knees. Beside him a young man in a pink turban and orange robe sits with his hand near his face, and in front a man in orange robes with a pink shawl over his head wears a rudraksha mala. On the right a smiling bearded man in a yellow-orange shawl sits among the crowd. A water bottle and small food plates sit on a cloth in the lower left. A blue bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2016-05-07