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A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with plain whitewashed walls and a framed portrait of a saint garlanded with flowers on the back wall. In the centre, a smiling man wears a deep red turban, a red-brown robe with a gold border, and layered rudraksha and gold-bead necklaces; this is an appearance-based candidate for a person, with the turban, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklaces as cues. To his left, a bare-chested young man in a white dhoti wears a rudraksha garland and gold necklace, with a beaded armlet. Around them, sadhus and devotees wear orange and saffron robes, a man in a white shirt holds a phone, and an older bearded man in orange stands at right.

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Indoor photo in a plain room with pale walls and a framed deity picture garlanded with marigolds on the back wall. At centre, a smiling man in a red-brown turban and a red-brown robe with a gold border wears layered beaded malas and gold necklaces, with a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him on the left, a younger man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces looks down. To the right, a bearded man in an orange kurta and a white-bearded man in a white shirt stand among a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus, turbaned men and onlookers. A woman in a blue and yellow patterned blouse stands at left. Several visible people fill the frame and the appearance-based label is uncertain, so the central figure is described by role only.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11A photograph of a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in a narrow corridor at the Kumbh camp. At centre, a man in a red-maroon turban and maroon-and-gold robe with a large gold bead necklace is smiling and being greeted. Two men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces stand beside him, one bending forward with hands joined. Many bearded sadhus in orange and saffron turbans and robes surround them. On the left wall hangs a painted portrait of a bearded man in yellow robes holding a staff, with a garland of marigolds above it. Bystanders in white and crowd members fill the foreground.2015-09-11Crowded indoor photograph in a plain room with pale walls and a framed picture at upper left. Center: a smiling man in a red-orange turban and saffron-red dhoti with a broad gold-yellow border, wearing layered gold and rudraksha malas and a red bindi, pictured in a sanyasi-style presentation with a red-orange shawl. Left: a young man with long swept-back hair in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, wearing rudraksha and gold malas, eyes lowered. Right foreground: a bearded man in white shirt with a crossbody bag. Other devotees in saffron and orange robes and bright shirts surround them, some holding up phones.2015-09-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus descending steps at the Kumbh Mela. In the centre, a smiling man wears a rust-orange turban, an orange-and-gold wrap and a heavy gold and rudraksha necklace, with red tilak on his forehead. Flanking him, two men in white dhotis with gold borders wear layered rudraksha malas and gold pendants, and a bald man in orange with gold garlands walks beside them. Behind them, numerous bearded sadhus in orange, pink and red robes and turbans crowd the stairway. Appearance-based label: a person, wearing a turban, rudraksha and gold necklace, though the face is not used for identification.2015-09-11A photograph of several men gathered closely inside a tent with a pale fabric ceiling and beige walls. In the centre, a smiling man wears a rust-orange turban, a rust-brown robe and a long rudraksha mala with a gold chain, and is holding up a smartphone. Beside him, a man on the left wears an orange robe with gold beaded necklaces and a red tilak, and a bearded man in an orange robe with a red forehead mark and beaded necklace stands at right. Behind them, a man in white with a gold-bordered shawl and a red mark on his forehead stands near a tall silver staff, and other attendees in white and saffron clothing are visible. Appearance-based candidate: a person, identified by the turban, rudraksha mala and gold necklace cues; the page does not state he is present.2016-05-07Indoor photo of a crowded hall with a blue floor mat and white walls. In the centre a smiling man wears a red-orange turban, an orange-maroon robe over the shoulder, and several strands of gold beads. Around him, men in orange and maroon robes with gold necklaces and shaved heads stand close together, and a man in white kurta with a black rudraksha-style mala and a forehead mark stands beside them. A phone is raised in the lower left corner. Behind them a large banner shows a painted figure with long hair and an OM symbol, with many robed people and white-clad devotees in the background.2015-09-13September 11 20152015-09-11A crowd of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees gathers in a plain whitewashed room. Centre, a smiling man wears a red-orange turban, a red-orange shawl over a saffron-orange cloth, and a heavy beaded gold-toned mala; the page describes him as Swamiji (probable) on the basis of his turban, saffron clothing and mala. Beside him, a grey-bearded man in a pink-orange robe and a bald-headed man in white with a yellow shawl stand close. A young man at right wears a white shawl with red trim and a gold chain. Behind them, a framed picture of a deity with red and orange marigold garlands hangs on the wall, and a window sits at right.2015-09-11