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Several men in saffron and orange robes walk along a path between red-painted pillars at an ashram setting with green trees behind them. The central figure wears a rust-red shirt, a saffron-and-gold shawl printed with Om symbols, thick glasses, a white beard and an orange turban with a red tilak, and he has a red visitor badge on a lanyard. To his left, a man in an orange turban and yellow shawl with a rudraksha mala and red tilak walks beside another in orange turban. Behind them, more people in orange and white clothing move through the crowd.

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September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14Photograph of saffron-robed sadhus and attendants inside a decorated tent with red carpet and hanging festoons. Centre-left, a long-haired man in an orange turban and orange wrap, seen from behind, faces an older bearded sadhu with vermilion forehead marks and an orange robe. To the right, a white-bearded man in orange robes and glasses, with tilak, gestures with one hand. Behind them, a man in white dhoti with a flower garland, another in white with gold trim, and a figure in a red-trimmed white dress stand on the red carpet. A man at right holds a silver staff with a crystal-like finial. Decorations include coloured tassels and lamps overhead.2016-05-05Outdoor photograph of a group of sannyasis walking along a stone-paved path with orange flower petals scattered on the ground. At left, an elderly bare-chested man with long white beard and white loincloth leans on a wooden staff. Center, a bald man in a saffron-orange shawl and robe walks with his hand at his chest, flanked by a man in orange robes with a gold necklace and a man in a bright orange robe with a red-trimmed white garment at right. Several other men in orange and white clothing surround them, some with orange head wraps. Sunlit dirt ground at left.2007-01-30Outdoor photograph of a group of saffron- and orange-robed sannyasis gathered on a paved courtyard beneath palm trees. A long-bearded elderly man in a bright orange robe holds a tall wooden staff with a carved snake wrapped around it and gazes upward, while a man in an orange-gold dhoti and rudraksha mala gestures toward him. Around them stand shaved-headed men in saffron and rust-red cloths wearing rudraksha malas, some with hands folded in prayer, and several women in red and maroon saris in the background. A tall metal staff topped with a decorative canopy rises beside them, and a green-roofed structure, flowers and a yellow-and-red banner appear at the edges.2013-11-05A crowd procession scene with orange flags overhead. In the centre, a man in an orange robe and orange turban, with a long rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, walks forward. Beside him, a second orange-robed man with a gold necklace and glasses holds a yellow flower garland. At left, a bare-chested man with a red tilak carries a garland-wrapped object. A younger man in orange with a gold necklace holds a blue folder. Behind them, white-clad devotees and orange-clad sannyasis fill the frame, with an orange cloth draped over a pillar at right.2009-01-16August 09 20072007-08-09May 12 20162016-05-12A photograph of a crowded temple procession in bright daylight. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a tall orange turban and a long dark rudraksha mala, looking to his left with his hand near his waist; his long hair is visible at the sides. Beside him on the left, a bearded man in saffron robes wears a gold necklace and gold pendant and glasses. On the right, a man in saffron robes with a gold necklace raises his arm toward an ornate gold-patterned wall. At lower left, a white-clad figure holds a garland of yellow marigolds with green leaves. Other saffron-clad and white-clad devotees crowd the background under a red-and-white umbrella.2009-01-16April 22 20162016-04-22January 21 20092009-01-21May 04 20162016-05-04