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Photograph under an orange and white canopy at a Kumbh Mela camp. In the foreground, an elderly man in a light orange robe, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, hands papers to a seated sadhu. A bald monk in orange with a yellow marigold garland sits beside a woman in orange clothing with a forehead mark, while a bearded man in orange with a gold necklace sits at right. Two standing attendants in white dhoti and gold chains flank a yellow umbrella with a fringed top; one holds the umbrella pole. Nearby devotees and a child watch. No individual here is identified as a person.

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Outdoor tented gathering with orange draped walls at a Kumbh Mela event. Seated in the foreground, a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala on the left, and a man in a rust-red turban, rudraksha garland and gold armlet with folded hands in the centre-left. Beside him, a smiling sadhvi-style figure in orange robes and head covering, with a yellow marigold garland, touches the hands of a woman in orange and red sari bending forward at right. Other seated devotees and a standing man in a white shirt are behind them. The rust-red turban and rudraksha garland of the central figure are distinctive, but the page does not indicate his presence, so no identity is asserted.2016-04-22A seated assembly of saffron-robed sadhus under an orange tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, a row of men on low wooden benches. In the foreground a bald sadhu in orange with a yellow tilak on his forehead sits at left, and beside him a sadhu with a long grey beard wears orange and reads from an open book. A man with a red-orange turban and a beaded rudraksha necklace with gold bands on his arm sits centre-left. At right, a younger shaven-headed monk in dark red-orange cloth kneels with palms pressed together facing the seated row. Several more sadhus in orange and peach robes line the bench behind, with white tent poles and a fan visible.2016-04-22January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Photograph inside a large tent with orange and white striped canopy. A man in an orange saffron-coloured robe with a yellow tilak band on his forehead sits on a cushion, smiling and clasping hands with a standing man. The standing man wears an orange-brown turban, a gold-beaded garland, a rudraksha mala and gold armbands, and smiles warmly. A third man on the right in orange-brown robes and glasses smiles beside them. Behind them, several people in orange, white and pink robes stand among red and pink bolsters and patterned rugs.2016-04-23April 22 20162016-04-22A photograph of a Kumbh Mela style gathering under a yellow canopy. In the foreground, a man in a rust-orange turban, orange shawl and ornate gold necklace with a dark beaded mala stands with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling. Seated beside him are several saffron-robed sadhus and monks, one with a yellow garland, others with white beards and bald heads. Behind them, standing devotees, some in orange and white clothing, and a camera operator with a video camera fill the background. A wooden rod and orange fabric frame the left edge.2016-04-23April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22April 23 20162016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23