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Outdoor photo at a crowded riverside Kumbh Mela area in daylight. A bearded sadhu in an orange turban and a loose rust-brown robe is wrapped in many layers of brown rudraksha mala beads, which also crown his head. He holds a long red staff in one hand and a leather pouch in the other, with rings on several fingers, and wears a silver ornament on a bead necklace. Behind him a man in a teal shirt and a man in a blue plaid shirt stand among other figures, and a young man in white with a shawl stands at right looking toward the camera.

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January 17 20072007-01-17Photograph of a bearded sadhu standing outdoors at a crowded fair, wearing a bright orange turban wrapped with strands of brown rudraksha beads. Dense rudraksha mala layers drape across his shoulders and chest over a rust-brown robe, with a long silver-and-bead necklace hanging to his waist. He smiles sideways toward someone out of frame. Two people stand partly visible at the edges: a figure in a black vest with a red bag on the left, and a man in a cream kurta on the right. Background shows blurred tent structures and bamboo poles. No one here is identified as a person by visible cues, so this is a devotee-style sadhu with rudraksha adornment. +1 copiesMay 05 20162016-05-05Close photo of a bearded sadhu at a crowded outdoor Kumbh Mela setting. He wears an orange turban wrapped with rudraksha beads and a heavy cloak of dark rudraksha mala strands over orange robes. Multiple silver rings with coloured stones, including turquoise and red, decorate his hands. He holds a red-painted wooden staff and a bead mala, with a silver ornament and horn-like pendants at his chest. Blurred figures and a light background fill the scene.Close photograph of a smiling man with long dreadlocked black hair and a full beard, bare-shouldered, wearing an orange-red cloth and many layered rudraksha malas around his neck and arms. He presses his palms together in anjali namaskar. He has white and red tilak markings and a bindi on his forehead, with a gold chain visible at his neck. A rudraksha bracelet is on each upper arm. The background is a plain pale wall.2018-04-28 +1 copiesAugust 08 20122012-08-08 +1 copiesJanuary 17 20072007-01-17 +1 copiesA standing man in an orange-saffron robe and sarong, with long dark swept-back hair and a white forehead mark, holds a silver trident in his right hand while smiling and looking down. He wears layered rudraksha beads, bell-studded brown beaded garments and a large gold necklace with a leaf-shaped pendant. He stands barefoot on a patterned rug over a small brass object near a carved gold throne with a black cushion. A seated person in orange with sunglasses and a shaved head sits at right, partly cropped, and a red cap appears in the foreground. Rocky hillside and orange cloth backdrop an outdoor mountain setting.2012-08-08March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesA smiling man with long dark curly hair and a white tilak with red bindi stands on a rug outdoors on a rocky hillside, holding a silver trident in his right hand. He wears saffron-orange robes with a yellow-striped dhoti, a leopard-print shawl, layered rudraksha malas and a heavy gold necklace with bead-like ornaments, and a leopard-print sash at the waist. Behind him is a carved golden throne against orange and red cloth draped on a wall. A second man in an orange jacket and dark glasses kneels at the lower right, handling small ritual objects near the feet of the standing figure, and a pink hat is visible at the bottom edge.2012-08-08April 21 20162016-04-21