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A stage event at a Kumbh Mela camp with ornate gold and pink decorations behind. A seated man with a long white beard and forehead tilak wears orange robes and a white sash, with a silver pendant on his chest. Beside him a man in an orange head wrap and orange robes sits with a microphone on a stand, wearing a rudraksha mala. Two women in white saris stand behind them: one holds a microphone and wears a red-brown bead necklace with a gold pendant, while a younger girl with a black blindfold over her eyes wears a dark bead mala and gold-trimmed white sari. A man in orange sits in the background. Offering plates of marigold flowers sit on a low table in the foreground.

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A stage event with saffron-robed sadhus seated at front, each with marigold garlands on low tables. A standing woman in white sari with brown rudraksha mala and gold necklace holds a microphone, while blindfolded girls in white and cream clothing stand beside her, one holding a small booklet; a girl in a rudraksha mala reads from it. Behind them, a man in white with an orange-tilaked forehead and a woman in orange stand near ornate gold and pink decorations. The central seated sadhu wears orange with a folded orange shawl and holds a pen; to the right a sadhu with an orange headcloth also sits near a microphone. Demonstration of blindfold and third-eye exercise.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a blindfold demonstration at a Kumbh Mela camp. A figure in a bright orange turban, orange robe and layered rudraksha malas and gold pendant stands to the right, reaching to touch the forehead of a young woman in a white garment with a black blindfold and a tilak marked on her brow; she wears an orange-beaded mala and a small pendant. At the left, an older bearded man in an orange shirt sits with a pen in his pocket, and a man in an orange robe with a gold-beaded mala holds a microphone at the upper right. Marigold garlands rest in the foreground. The orange figure matches the probable Swamiji cues of orange turban, rudraksha malas and ornate gold, so the candidate is.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11A photograph of a ceremonial stage at a Kumbh camp, with ornate gilded thrones and a red and gold backdrop. Three elderly saffron-robed sadhus sit in front, two with white beards and sandalwood marks on their foreheads, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A woman in white with a white shawl and a blindfolded young girl in white stand centrally, with a blindfolded girl beside a woman in orange on the left. Brass trays of marigolds sit before the seated men. A man bare-chested with white dhoti and gold border and sandalwood markings stands at left. Several other orange-clad sadhus and women are seated behind, and a deity murti is visible in a shrine niche. A blindfold and third-eye demonstration is taking place during the Kumbh gathering.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11Ceremonial stage scene at a Kumbh Mela camp with three seated saffron-robed sadhus in front. The seated man on the left has long white hair and white beard, wearing orange cloth. The seated bearded man in the centre wears orange robes, a white tilak on his forehead and holds a plate of marigold petals. The woman on the right in orange with a rudraksha mala looks at a red phone. Standing behind them, a woman in white sari with rudraksha mala and red tilak holds a microphone-like object, and a young woman in white wears a black blindfold over her eyes and a rudraksha mala. Gold-framed thrones and a deity murti stand in the background with colourful fabric hangings.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +3 copiesA stage at a Kumbh Mela camp with ornate golden and pink decorative arches behind seated sadhus in orange and saffron robes. In the foreground, three seated elder sadhus in orange, one with grey beard and forehead markings, sit before marigold-filled brass plates. Standing behind them, a woman in a white sari with rudraksha mala and gold necklace holds a microphone and gestures, while two young blindfolded participants in white stand with a printed booklet, and a man in white and orange holds the booklet. Other standing people in orange robes stand in the background beside deity murti figures. The setting is a blindfold and third-eye demonstration staged before akhada leaders.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11