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Four sadhus sit cross-legged on sandy ground amid rising smoke from a scattered ring of charred logs, a ritual fire setting. The foremost man, bare-chested with a long beard and white beaded necklace, wears a red bandhani-patterned cloth and sits with hands resting on his lap. Behind him, two men wear orange and red cloths, and a man on the right has a white shawl draped over his head and red lungi, with tilak marks on his forehead. Steel tumblers and small bowls sit near them, with cloth tents and a wooden pole in the background. The scene reads as a fire-side sadhu gathering at the Kumbh Mela.

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Four sadhus sit on the dusty ground in smoke, surrounded by scattered dung cakes and small metal cups. The man in the foreground wears a red and white dhoti, a white sacred thread and a long pearl mala, with white markings on his bare chest. Beside him, a bearded sadhu in orange cloth sits cross-legged, and another bearded man in red cloth sits behind. At right, a sadhu draped in a white cloth over his head wears a tilak on his forehead and a red dhoti. Tents and a tarpaulin stand behind them, with a tin pot and a log nearby. The scene suggests a sacred fire ritual at the Kumbh Mela.July 20 20102010-07-20August 31 20172017-08-31June 13 20102010-06-13July 20 20102010-07-20June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13October 07 20102010-10-07June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13