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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.

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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.June 13 20102010-06-13July 20 20102010-07-20August 31 20172017-08-31June 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor photo of a seated sannyasi in orange robes meditating with hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, on a raised circular platform inside a ring of ash and charred wood from a fire pit. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in similar ash-ringed platforms amid smoke, with a white stone structure at the left edge. The ground is bare sandy earth, and the scene suggests a homa or yagna ritual setting.2010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13July 11 20102010-07-11July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photograph of a seated meditation or puja session on bare ground with a small plain mat and cushioned wooden seat. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands clasped, a brass kalasha-style vessel placed before him. Two men in white dhoti-style garments with bare upper bodies sit meditating behind him, and a further seated figure appears at right near a row of white statues and a fire-pit area with smoke. Corrugated roofed white buildings, a bamboo fence and palm trees form the background.2010-10-06