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Three seated men on a red cloth inside a tent with striped woven rugs behind them. Each wears tall black feathered headpieces with brass and white ornaments and a painted forehead mark. The man on the left wears a pink top and white dhoti and holds a small white cup. The man in the centre wears a peach top, white dhoti, beaded necklaces and a saffron shawl, with a brass vessel beside him. The man on the right wears an orange-saffron shawl and holds a white cup, with a brass vessel near his knee. No one in the image is identified from appearance.

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Three men sit cross-legged on red and white mats, each holding a small white paper cup and drinking. The man on the left wears a tall black feathered headdress with a brass ornament and a pale pink wrap over white clothing, with beaded necklaces. The central man wears a black turban with a brass finial, a peach-coloured kurta and white dhoti, and has tilak on his forehead. The man on the right wears a black turban with a pink lining, a saffron-orange shawl and white dhoti, with a tilak and a red and white brass-handled vessel placed near him. Standing figures in saffron and orange robes and a man in a white shirt stand behind them in a tent-like setting with a red and green floor covering.2015-09-16 +1 copiesApril 14 20132013-04-14 +3 copiesSeptember 21 20162016-09-21Photograph of three young men seated cross-legged on the floor in a hall, dressed as renunciate initiates in saffron-orange cloth draped over the shoulders and wrapped at the waist. The man on the left wears an orange-and-white patterned headwrap, rudraksha beads on his chest and arms, and a white forehead band; he sits with hands clasped and looks up with a faint smile. The central man wears wire-rimmed glasses, long twisted dreadlocks, rudraksha malas and white ash markings on his forehead and body. The man on the right wears a red-orange turban and white markings and sits in profile. Behind them, seated people in white and red clothing hold leaf plates of food; a meal is laid out in front, with brass cups and banana-leaf plates. No identifiable a person candidate is shown.2018-01-08Three young men sit cross-legged on a red mat in a hall, seated in a row in front of a blurred audience. The man on the left wears a pink shirt and white dhoti with a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders and a long braid. The man in the centre is bare-chested with a white shawl over one shoulder, wears a rudraksha mala and beaded necklaces, and has a white flower in his hair. The man on the right wears a white kurta and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and an orange-and-gold round badge on his chest, and holds his hands folded. Behind them, people in orange, pink and teal saris sit in rows, with metal stanchions and a gilded deity murti in the background. The image appears to be a photograph from a satsang or meditation gathering.2016-10-09Three men sit cross-legged on red mats in a hall during a satsang, with many seated devotees in orange robes behind a rope barrier. The man on the left wears a white dhoti and white shawl with gold border, a long rudraksha mala, and a red tilak on his forehead, with long hair tied back, eyes closed in meditation. The man in the centre wears orange robes with a red border, a dark rudraksha mala and white tilak markings, and gazes upward. The man on the right wears a red-brown shawl with gold border and a rudraksha mala, hands folded in his lap. White ash markings are visible on their arms and torsos. Small cups and a red cloth sit on the mat in front of them, with a few red flower petals scattered on the floor.2014-09-24January 22 20172017-01-22Several seated men in saffron and orange robes meditate on a floor covered with a light mat in a hall with a red curtain and a green patterned sofa behind. Three prominent monastics in front have shaved heads and white horizontal tilak marks across their foreheads and arms. The central figure has hands pressed together in namaskar, and the left and right figures have hands folded in their laps; rudraksha malas hang from their necks. Brass vessels, a small oil lamp and flower offerings sit on the floor in front of them. Behind them, devotees in white clothing and a few in casual wear sit in meditation.2013-10-13October 13 20132013-10-13A seated group of saffron-robed sannyasis sits on a striped woven mat under a decorated canopy with marigold garlands and a flower arch. On the right, a figure in a long saffron cloth and saffron turban wears a gold beaded necklace and holds small objects in his hands. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and white head cloth sits cross-legged, holding a green leaf-wrapped offering. Several monks in orange robes sit in rows, and an elder with a white beard sits at left. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti stands at the far left near a patterned curtain, with several onlookers behind. Ritual puja setting outdoors in the evening, possibly a ceremony at a river confluence.2007-02-02October 10 20112011-10-10A photo of a seated group of orange-robed sadhus on a red-brown floor, many wearing orange or saffron cloths and orange turbans. In the foreground an older bearded sadhu in peach-orange cloth drinks from a small steel cup, while a bearded man with long hair and a rudraksha-style necklace in orange, next to him, raises a cup. On the right a standing man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a saffron shawl bends forward, pouring from a large steel vessel into a cup; a steel plate of food and small bowls sits nearby. A statue and an oil lamp appear in the background. Ritual serving of food to ascetics.2015-09-12 +1 copies