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Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela camp on sandy ground in front of a cream and blue tarpaulin tent decorated with orange marigold garlands. A bearded sadhu in a white dhoti and white shawl, with orange and white face markings and a dark brown cap, raises one hand in greeting beside a metal microphone stand. To the left, an older man in a pale blue sweater and cream dhoti stands with palms pressed together. In the right foreground, a blurred bearded man in a brown top is partly visible. Metal vessels and a steel cup sit on the ground at lower left.

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Outdoor photo at a camp tent area. A bearded man with a dark dreadlocked or wrapped headwear and white and orange tilak paint on his face wears a plain white dhoti and shawl, pointing his right arm forward while speaking into a green vintage microphone on a stand. Behind him are beige and blue tarpaulin tents with orange marigold garlands along the edge. On the left an older man in a light blue shirt claps his hands together. A rope runs diagonally across the frame, and a hand reaches in at the lower right.A man in white robes stands outdoors before beige tent canvas and a blue tarpaulin edged with orange marigold garlands. He raises his right hand palm outward while speaking into a green vintage microphone on a tall stand. He has dark dreadlocked hair wrapped in a turban-like coil, a grey beard braided at the chin, and white and orange tilak markings painted across his face and forehead. A white shawl drapes over his shoulders. The scene looks like an open-air address at a sadhu camp.A photograph of a sadhu standing outdoors in front of beige tent canvas at a camp. He wears a loose white dhoti-style wrap draped over his shoulders and has a long grey beard and a dark wound topknot on his head. His face is painted with white and orange tilak markings across the forehead and cheeks. He raises his right arm high while speaking into a green vintage microphone on a metal stand. A blue and cream tarpaulin with marigold petals is visible behind him, along with a wired pole. Appearance-based identity is uncertain, so he is described only by role.Close photo of a bearded sadhu speaking into a green microphone at an outdoor camp setting with a blue tarpaulin and a white tent behind him. He wears a dark wound turban, has white and orange ash-painted forehead and face, a grey beard braided at the chin, and a white cloth draped over his shoulders. His raised right arm is bare. A marigold garland hangs at the upper left. No distinctive visible cues establish him as a person, so the role is given as a sadhu speaking.A photograph of a shaved-headed, bare-chested ascetic standing in a tent with beige fabric walls, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck. He leans forward with his hands clasped behind his back and appears to be speaking. In the foreground, three seated men are watching him: one in a teal sweater with a white collar, another in a brown jacket, and a partly visible man in red at the right edge. Brass vessels and dark clay pots sit on a striped cloth in the lower left. The setting resembles a camp or gathering at the Kumbh Mela. +1 copiesA bearded sadhu with arms raised stands on a riverside path at the Kumbh Mela, wearing a marigold-covered orange and saffron turban and a beige shawl over a white kurta. His face is smeared with grey ash and he has yellow tilak markings on the forehead and nose. A rope hangs from his raised hands, and a metal cup hangs from his waist cord. Red and white striped barrier posts line the path, with a hazy river and tents in the background. Behind him at right, a man in a red shawl is partly visible. Several people are visible in the background, though a precise count is uncertain. +1 copiesFebruary 22 20132013-02-22December 30 20092009-12-30October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03A bearded sadhu stands outdoors in a crowd setting with his left arm raised high. He wears an orange and yellow marigold-garlanded turban wrapped over a bun of matted hair, and his face is smeared with white ash with yellow markings on the forehead and nose. A long grey beard hangs down over a light cream kurta and a brown-beige shawl draped across his shoulders. A wooden staff with red wrapping rests against his shoulder, and a rope is looped around his body. The background is a pale hazy sky with blurred people and a red garment at left.January 06 20122012-01-06