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A crowded outdoor-indoor passageway at a religious gathering, filled with saffron and orange-robed sadhus, many with long white beards and orange or pink turbans. At centre, a smiling man in a red-maroon turban and maroon-and-gold robe, wearing layered gold beaded necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala, is surrounded by devotees. To his left a bare-chested man with long dark swept-back hair and a white cloth wears a rudraksha mala. A young boy bends forward at lower right beside an elderly man in white with an orange head cloth. On the left wall hangs a painted portrait on a blue board. Many people press in from all sides, with a man in a checked shirt and others in white and light clothes around the edges.

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September 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees gathers in a narrow concrete doorway. At centre, a smiling man in a deep red turban and saffron-orange shawl wears a heavy gold-beaded necklace and a long rudraksha mala, with a red bead string at his chest; he stands among a close group. Another man beside him wears an orange and gold shawl and gold necklace, and a bearded sadhu on the left wears saffron and orange robes. Behind them, many orange-clad sadhus with white beards and turbans watch, and devotees in white kurtas stand nearby. Peeling walls and a painted blue panel frame the scene.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11Photograph of a crowd of sadhus and devotees in saffron and orange robes moving through a doorway at a Kumbh Mela camp. In the foreground, a smiling man in a reddish-brown dhoti-style wrap with gold-toned bead necklaces and a maroon turban stands beside a bald man in a maroon wrap with a rudraksha mala. To the right, a man in a white dhoti with gold-bordered cloth and a red-brown mala walks past. Behind them, many men in orange turbans and saffron cloth fill the frame, with a few women in white saris. Red carpeting lies on the ground and a blue wall panel is visible at left.2015-09-11A 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.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a smiling man in a saffron-orange turban with a green leaf tucked in it, long dark hair, a long orange shawl, heavy gold beaded necklaces and a gold waist belt over orange-red robes, waving his right hand as he walks on a brick path. Two bald men in orange-red robes with gold borders flank him: the one on the left wears an orange wrap and bare feet, and the one on the right wears a rudraksha mala, carries a small orange bag and looks at a red phone. A man in a yellow-orange hooded wrap stands behind them under an orange canopy with hanging decorations and a banner of printed text. Several people are visible in the background. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, identified by his turban, long hair, shawl and gold ornaments.2013-02-22A procession outdoors near a whitewashed wall with a notice board. A central man in orange robes, an orange turban and a red bindi stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling, wearing a long white and red flower garland and gold ornaments. Around him, several men in orange robes and gold chains walk closely; one on the left, with a full beard and gold-tipped staff, holds a tall golden staff topped with an ornament. A bearded man in glasses and a white shirt stands behind. In the foreground a man in orange with a gold chain walks past, and a shaven-headed young man in orange clothing with a white tilak looks forward. A woman in a white sari with a red bindi stands in the background.2008-07-17A crowded photo of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees in a concrete corridor at a Kumbh Mela camp. At the centre, a man with a red turban, a long gold-beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold-coloured sash stands smiling, surrounded by people. To his right, a man in a white kurta wears a beaded necklace, and a bald man in orange stands nearby. Around them are orange-robed sadhus with white beards and orange turbans, a man in a blue checked shirt gesturing, and a phone raised by a person on the left to film. A red-and-white banner hangs at left.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11June 03 20162016-06-03