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A bearded man with grey-streaked hair and a red and yellow forehead mark stands among a crowd in a busy street. He wears a pink-red shawl draped over bare shoulders, a bright orange marigold garland, a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and a beaded wrist band. Behind him people in blue shirts, grey T-shirts, orange garments and a red patterned sari stand in the crowd near red-painted walls.

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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.2016-05-09September 12 20152015-09-12March 17 20182018-03-17Photo of a temple scene with several men and women in a crowd. In the centre, a bearded man wears a large garland of pink flowers on his head, a red and white beaded garland with gold ornaments across his chest, and a maroon cloth over his shoulders, his hands clasped at his waist. Beside him, a man with a long beard wears a white and yellow shawl, a red beaded necklace and a pendant, with a sandalwood mark on his forehead. Bare-chested devotees stand in the foreground, and a woman in a yellow sari is at left. Red and orange temple walls and a dark ceremonial structure frame the view.2018-05-08A photograph of a Kumbh Yatra stage event with saffron-clad sadhus. In the centre, a bearded man with matted hair tied in a top knot and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange sleeveless vest over a peach shirt, with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha-style mala at his neck. Beside him on the left, a sadhu in orange robes is partly visible, and on the right a bearded man in peach robes looks down toward a brass tray heaped with orange and yellow marigold garlands. The background is a deep red curtain with a carved wooden panel.2015-09-12July 15 20162016-07-15Close photo of a crowd at an outdoor temple procession. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a short beard wears a rust-orange shawl and a thick garland of yellow and pink flowers, with a white forehead band and a red mark on his brow. Beside him, a bald man with a white forehead band and a red-brown neck cord wears a rudraksha mala and sits bare-chested. A man in a light blue shirt stands at right, and a red-shirted person is at the top left. The appearance cues of the central man (long hair, orange shawl, floral garland) are suggestive, but identity is uncertain.2018-01-16A smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard sits in a procession, wearing saffron-orange robes draped over his shoulders. He has a yellow tilak with a red dot on his forehead, a yellow marigold garland, and dark rudraksha mala beads and clear crystal beads around his neck. Behind him, a figure in orange robes holds a silver-coloured pole, and yellow flower petals are scattered in the air. A woman's gold bangle is visible at the left edge. The setting is an evening outdoor procession with blurred figures in white behind.2016-07-15 +1 copiesPhotograph of a white-bearded older man seated cross-legged in a decorated hall. He wears an orange saffron shawl over an orange robe, a dense multi-strand rudraksha mala around his neck, and yellow tilak with a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him are brass lamps, a flower arrangement with red and yellow blooms, and draped pink and purple fabrics. At the right edge, a man in white clothing sits in the background, and a woman's bangled wrist is visible at the left edge. The seated man has distinctive saffron robes, rudraksha malas and ceremonial tilak, consistent with a candidate for a person seated in ritual setting.2015-09-12January 16 20182018-01-16Outdoor street procession in Tiruvannamalai with a crowd of devotees pressed behind orange-painted barricades beside a stone temple wall. In the centre, a man with a trimmed beard and swept-back dark hair holds his palms together in anjali, wearing a maroon-brown robe, a long garland of yellow, white, pink and red flowers, and rudraksha bracelets. Around him devotees have white vibhuti bands and red tilak marks on their foreheads; one in front wears an orange garment and rudraksha mala. Several people visible, mostly partially framed at the edges.2018-01-16September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copies