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A photograph of two seated people in front of an orange draped backdrop and a blue and red floral banner. The man on the left has grey hair and beard, a red-orange tilak on his forehead, and wears white clothing with a cream shawl edged in green and gold, a red-and-gold border, and a necklace of pearls and rudraksha beads. Beside him, a woman in an orange turban and orange garment with long dark hair and gold ornaments turns toward him, and her hand rests on his hands in her lap. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge.

A photograph of a reception scene in a draped maroon-curtained room. In the centre, an elderly man with long white hair and a full white beard, wearing a peach-pink upper garment and an orange shawl, has his hands pressed together in greeting and wears a rudraksha mala and a white beaded necklace with a tilak on his forehead. To the left, a bald man in orange robes and a beaded necklace smiles with palms joined. Behind them, a man in a red-orange turban and gold-trimmed saffron cloth, wearing a gold pendant necklace, stands with hands folded, and other men in white dhotis and orange shawls and garlands stand nearby. Several people are visible.

September 17 2015

A photograph inside a red-draped tent at a Kumbh Mela camp. On the right, a man in a tall orange-saffron turban and orange-brown robe, with long dark hair and a dark brown rudraksha mala, smiles and clasps hands with an older bearded man in the centre. That older man wears a pale orange robe, a dark rudraksha mala, gold chains and a red tilak, and has white beard and long grey hair. On the left a young man in orange robes wears a layered beaded necklace, and another man in a grey shirt with a blue lanyard stands behind. Several saffron-clad sadhus and seated devotees are visible in the background.

Two saffron-clad men sit close and face each other in conversation indoors. The man on the left wears a tightly wound orange turban with a small red tilak on his forehead, an orange shawl draped over one shoulder, and a long thick brown rudraksha-style mala with a gold chain at his neck. The man on the right has long grey hair and a long white beard, white ash horizontal markings on his forehead, and an orange robe with a dark rudraksha mala. Behind them, a seated crowd of devotees, some in white head coverings, watches from a hall with a dark curtain and potted plants at the side. Whether the man on the left is the a person cannot be established from appearance, so no identification is made.

April 22 2016

Outdoor gathering in a hazy setting with many saffron-clad devotees. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wears a red-orange turban, a rudraksha-style gold necklace, a saffron cloth over the shoulders and gold arm bands, and is bending forward to receive or touch the hands of a woman with grey hair seen from behind, who wears a purple cloth and a beaded necklace. To the left, an older man with white-smeared forehead, dark and white beaded malas and an orange shawl sits with hands folded. Behind them, bearded men in orange robes, a man in white with a white cap, and a man with a tilak on his forehead stand among the crowd, with a camera rig and flags in the background. a person cues include the long swept hair, red-orange turban, gold necklaces and saffron clothing of the central figure performing the blessing, though identity is uncertain.

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Two saffron-robed men sit close together in a crowded setting. On the left, an elderly man with a long white beard and white horizontal tilak stripes wears orange robes and a dark rudraksha mala. On the right, a smiling man wears an orange and gold turban with a red bindi, a garland of white flowers and pink petals, multiple gold ceremonial necklaces, gold earrings and bangles. Other saffron-clad people stand behind them, and a hand in an orange sleeve reaches in from the right.