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A crowd of ash-smeared naked sadhus with long matted hair and grey beards fills a street procession at the Kumbh Mela, many holding staffs or tridents. Behind a yellow metal barrier, a man in white dhoti and an orange shawl, wearing a marigold garland, raises a red flag with a yellow emblem. Vehicles and onlookers line the background, and a bearded man in an orange turban stands in the foreground. Several sadhus wear rudraksha malas and orange tilak markings.

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April 22 20162016-04-22Crowded outdoor scene at a Kumbh Mela shahi snan procession, with many naked and ash-smeared sadhus packed behind yellow metal barricades. Many have matted long hair, long grey and white beards, rudraksha malas and orange or red cloth, some holding staffs, tridents and a yellow flag. Beside them, devotees in orange and white clothes wear event lanyards. A white car and police officer appear at the top edge, and a yellow umbrella is visible at the right. Dense crowd of over a hundred people.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22Photograph of a large crowd of naked or near-naked Nirvani Akhada sadhus at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, many with ash-smeared white-grey bodies and long matted or grey hair and beards. Some wear red or orange loincloths and carry tridents or staffs. Yellow metal barricades line the crowd, and uniformed police and security personnel in khaki and camouflage stand at the edges, with a devotee in white folding his hands near the lower left. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22Dense crowd of sadhus during a Kumbh-style shahi snan procession. Foreground, a bare-bodied ash-smeared sadhu with matted locks and a yellow marigold garland walks at centre. Behind him, a figure carried on a decorated trident-topped palanquin raises a fist, with a trident and drum visible. Many saffron-robed men, some in red and orange, press through the throng under hazy morning light. Pennants in orange and banners with painted deity imagery line the route; a few uniformed police appear at right.2016-05-09April 22 20162016-04-22A large crowd of ash-smeared sadhus, many bare-chested and wearing only loincloths, walks through a dusty road in warm morning light during a procession. Several carry long tridents and staffs decorated with marigold garlands and orange flags. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, a rudraksha-style mala and a long beard. Bearded elders with matted grey hair raise their hands, and onlookers in the background watch from roadside tents. Banners with portraits hang at the left and right edges.2016-05-09A large crowd of naked and near-naked sadhus with ash-smeared bodies and long matted hair fills a barricaded lane at the Kumbh Mela, with many carrying saffron flags and an orange ceremonial umbrella. Devotees in saffron and white clothing press against yellow metal barriers, and red flags bearing an image of a bearded holy man are raised among the crowd. Behind them stand colourful tents and banners, and a yellow banner at left reads partly as Sanatan, while a red flag at right carries a portrait. Some people are seated or standing on a white vehicle at left. The scene looks like a procession of akhada sadhus during the Shahi Snan.2016-04-22May 21 20162016-05-21 +2 copiesMay 09th 20162016-05-09