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Photograph inside an orange tent at a Nirvani Akhada bhandara event. A man in a white turban and yellow-and-red embroidered shawl offers a marigold garland, while another seated person in saffron-orange robes holds a mobile phone to his ear. In the foreground a woman in an orange-brown robe and pink turban holds an open tray, with a rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles, and a plate of yellow marigolds sits on a low wooden table. Several hands holding phones are visible at the left edge, and red and beaded wrist threads are visible on the wrists. Vivid orange fabric covers the tent walls.

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April 21 20162016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21A standing man in a rust-red turban and red-brown robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold armbands, pours or offers a garland of marigolds and flowers onto the head of a seated sadhu in orange robes with a white ash mark on his forehead. Several onlookers in orange and saffron clothing stand nearby, including a man in orange holding a phone and a bald man in glasses at left. A tent with orange and white striped canopy and a yellow umbrella hangs overhead.2016-04-22May 08 20162016-05-08Outdoor festival scene under a white and orange striped tent canopy with a yellow ceremonial umbrella. A man in a red-orange turban, rudraksha mala and red-orange robe stands smiling, holding a bunch of marigold garlands. Beside him a woman in orange robes with a marigold garland and a white forehead mark sits on a cloth-covered seat, while another woman in orange draped cloth supports her. Several other people in orange and saffron robes, some with garlands and sindoor marks, are seated or moving among the crowd behind them.2016-04-22Photograph inside a large orange tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, showing a ceremony of saffron-robed sadhus. In the centre, a seated figure in orange robes wears a white garland of flowers and a white vertical tilak on the forehead, with a flower garland around the neck. Behind him, another sadhu in a saffron turban and orange robe holds up a large orange cloth above the seated figure. Several bearded sadhus in orange stand behind, and a brass plate with flowers, leaves and offerings sits in the foreground. Devotees and onlookers in the foreground are taking photos with mobile phones.2016-04-22April 23 20162016-04-23A crowded tented hall draped in bright orange fabric, with rows of seated sannyasis in saffron robes wearing marigold garlands. A bald monk with a yellow tilak on his forehead sits centre-right holding a red-covered book, beside a seated woman in a pink turban and orange sari with a white flower garland, holding a wooden tray. In the foreground a man in a yellow patterned shawl and white head cloth stands near low wooden tables with brass plates of marigolds and offerings. A standing young man in a yellow shawl bends forward toward the tables. Several more people in orange and yellow line the background of the tent.2016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21May 13 20162016-05-13May 13 20162016-05-13April 21 20162016-04-21