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Close-up photo of a bearded sadhu with long matted grey hair and a long grey beard, wearing an orange turban and orange garment with rudraksha and bead malas around his neck. His face is smeared with white ash and horizontal white tripundra lines on the forehead, with a red bindi. He raises one open palm toward the camera. Behind him, uniformed police officers in khaki stand near a yellow metal barricade, with orange flags and blurred crowd members in the background. Partial Hindi signage is visible on the barricade and banners.

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Close portrait of a bearded sadhu with matted grey dreadlocks and a long grey beard, his face marked with white ash horizontal stripes and a red tilak on the forehead. He wears an orange saffron turban and orange robes, with rudraksha and bead malas around his neck, and raises an open palm toward the camera. Behind him, a yellow metal barricade, a uniformed police officer and a red-and-white banner with Hindi script suggest a crowded roadside event. Ash-smeared sadhu appearance and saffron attire are not sufficient cues to identify anyone, so the figure is described by role only.2016-05-09Close portrait of a bearded sadhu with long matted grey dreadlocks, white ash stripes across the forehead and face, and a red kumkum dot between the brows. He wears an orange saffron turban and orange shawl, with rudraksha and glass-bead malas around his neck. Behind him are yellow metal barricades, a uniformed police officer in khaki, and blurred orange and white banners at what looks like a crowded public procession route.2016-05-09October 27 20152015-10-27A bare-chested sadhu with long matted dreadlocks and a grey-white smeared face stands raising his right hand in blessing under a tent. He wears many strands of brown rudraksha malas across his chest, a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, a silver bangle, and a red cloth draped over a tall trident with green and silver bands. Orange marigold garlands hang from the trident. A bare-chested figure with rudraksha malas and matted hair, appearance-based candidate for a person shown as a sannyasi performing a blessing gesture at the Kumbh setting. Green and brown tent fabric forms the background.2013-02-13Close portrait photo of an elderly sadhu at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela. He wears an orange and yellow striped turban wrapped with marigold garlands, has ash-grey skin marks and yellow tilak markings on his forehead and nose, and a long grey beard. He wears a brown shawl over white clothing. Background is a pale sky.A bearded sadhu stands at the centre of a crowd during a procession, his body smeared with grey-white ash and wearing a thick garland of yellow marigolds draped over his shoulders and head, with white and rudraksha-style beads around his neck. A red tilak marks his forehead. Beside him an older white-bearded man in saffron-orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and white beaded necklace, and a turbaned man in orange stands behind. Police in uniform are at the left edge, and to the right a yellow-garlanded bare-torso figure is partly visible. Behind them are colourful decorated structures with circular ornaments and flags, and a red banner showing a bearded holy man is visible at upper left.2016-05-09February 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copiesA bearded sadhu stands outdoors in a crowd setting with his left arm raised high. He wears an orange and yellow marigold-garlanded turban wrapped over a bun of matted hair, and his face is smeared with white ash with yellow markings on the forehead and nose. A long grey beard hangs down over a light cream kurta and a brown-beige shawl draped across his shoulders. A wooden staff with red wrapping rests against his shoulder, and a rope is looped around his body. The background is a pale hazy sky with blurred people and a red garment at left.February 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copiesMay 7th 2016Close photo of a bearded sadhu speaking into a green microphone at an outdoor camp setting with a blue tarpaulin and a white tent behind him. He wears a dark wound turban, has white and orange ash-painted forehead and face, a grey beard braided at the chin, and a white cloth draped over his shoulders. His raised right arm is bare. A marigold garland hangs at the upper left. No distinctive visible cues establish him as a person, so the role is given as a sadhu speaking.