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A photograph of a Kumbh Mela camp event with several saffron-robed sadhus. In the centre, a man with long grey hair and a full white beard wears an orange-red robe, rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, and stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him a smiling sadhu wears a rust-orange turban and rudraksha mala. Other saffron-clad holy men and a young man in red with glasses stand nearby, and a dark relief carving of a deity is on the back wall under bright lights. Several orange-clad figures have tilak on their foreheads.

September 11 2015

2015-09-11 +1 copies

A dim, wood-panelled room with a barred window and a small electrical box on the wall. Several men in saffron and orange robes sit closely together on plastic chairs and on the floor. A bald man in orange on the left holds a mobile phone. Two men in the centre, one with a long white beard in orange, and another in orange with white tilak and a rudraksha-style necklace, smile and clasp hands. A man in an orange turban sits on the right, and a man in a white kurta stands in the background among other standing men in white and pink dhotis. The mood is relaxed and sociable. a person: the smiling figure in the centre-right wearing an ornate gold necklace over orange robes with a shawl, has long hair swept back and white tilak, matching the page's a person reference.

January 29 2010

A crowded indoor photo at the Kumbh Mela camp of many saffron-clad sadhus and devotees. In the left foreground a woman in orange robes and orange head covering with dark beaded necklaces looks down, with a camera lens partly visible at the edge. Centre, a bearded man in a pale peach robe with rudraksha beads stands beside a smiling man in a pink shirt holding a white cloth. At right, a turbaned man in red and a bearded older man in white stand among others in white and gold-bordered dhotis with gold necklaces. A framed picture of a deity garlanded with flowers hangs on the wall behind, and a bald head is visible in the lower right foreground.

2015-09-11 +1 copies

Indoor photo of a smiling man in a red-orange turban with a vermilion tilak, wearing a reddish-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala over his shoulders, walking among saffron-clad sadhus. Beside him an elderly white-bearded sadhu in orange cloth holds a metal vessel. A boy in a blue shirt stands at left and a bald man in a gold-chained orange garment is behind them. A white wall with a red-and-white banner overhead suggests a procession or gathering. Mood is cheerful and ceremonial.

September 20 2015

A photograph at an indoor sadhu gathering under bright stage lights and a red-and-gold canopy. In the centre, a bearded elderly sadhu in orange-red robes and layered beaded necklaces with a large gold pendant raises his right hand in blessing. Beside him, a younger man in a rust-coloured turban and brown-red robe with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaste. On the left, a bald man in orange clothing and gold chain greets him with folded hands, and other sadhus in saffron and orange robes with white tripundra marks stand nearby. A framed image of a deity murti hangs on the back wall, and a dark-skinned young man with glasses wearing orange appears at the right edge.

Indoor photograph in a plain room with cream walls and a red chair. A bald man in saffron robes with a white tilak on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaste, facing a man in white kurta and white cap who also holds his hands in anjali. Beside them, a woman in saffron robes and an orange turban wears a heavy gold necklace and smiles with hands folded at her waist. A man in a white dhoti with a white shawl and rudraksha-style beads folds his hands in greeting at right. Another saffron-robed figure stands at left edge, and a seated man in beige shirt and a bald head crouches in the foreground. Cropped devotee heads are visible at bottom.

Indoor 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.

A photograph inside a plain room with cream walls, a wooden door and a wooden-shuttered window, where a crowd stands close together. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange turban and a saffron robe with a long gold ceremonial necklace, his hands clasped in front of him. Beside him on the right, an older bearded man with grey hair and a vermilion dot on his forehead wears an orange robe and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala. On the left, a man in white robes with a white cap stands near a bearded man in an orange robe. A garland of white and yellow flowers hangs at the right edge. Several other people stand behind them, one with hands folded at the lower left. Swamiji (probable): the centre man has long hair, saffron turban and robe, and a ceremonial gold necklace, and stands among devotees at the event.

Indoor photo of a seated gathering of saints in a plain room with a framed deity picture on the wall beside a window. A tall elderly sadhu in a pale pink-saffron robe and white beard stands at left, hands folded in greeting. Seated on red-patterned carpets and cushions, many sadhus wear orange and saffron robes, one wears a pink turban, and another an orange turban. Several men in maroon and gold-bordered dhotis, one with a rudraksha mala, sit with shaved heads in front. A woman in a maroon sari with a gold border sits at lower right, and a few figures in the foreground are partly cropped. Phone-carrying onlookers stand at the back left. A ceremonial satsang-style meeting with visiting sadhus.