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Close 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.

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A bearded sadhu stands outdoors at a crowded festival, wearing an orange turban wrapped with strands of brown rudraksha beads. His body is draped in dense layers of rudraksha malas, with a larger necklace holding silver-toned beads and a bone-like pendant with a silver plate. He wears several rings on his fingers, including one with a green stone and one with a red stone, and holds a red-painted staff in one hand. A small dark cloth pouch hangs at his side. Blurred figures in orange and white clothing fill the background.Photograph 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 copiesOutdoor photograph at a crowded festival site with tents and blurred figures behind. Centre: a bearded sadhu in an orange turban and a dense layering of dark brown rudraksha beads draped over his head, shoulders and chest, smiling slightly. To the right, a man in a cream-coloured kurta with a white collar looks back over his shoulder. A partly visible person in dark clothing stands at the left edge. Overlaid on the image are a dove logo at top left and a copyright notice at bottom right. +1 copiesA bearded sadhu sits on a cloth-covered seat beneath a blue tarpaulin, wearing a crown of orange marigold garlands. He is bare-chested with a thick layered rudraksha mala vest and a clear crystal bead necklace with a black bead strand. Ropes hang around him, and a colourful woven and tasseled cloth hangs at the right. He holds a small clay cup and a short stick, and gazes off to the side. No other physical people are visible. a person identification is not established from appearance alone.2013-02-12A bare-chested sadhu stands before a pink and tan canvas tent. His face and body are smeared with white ash, and an orange marigold garland is wrapped around his head. Several layers of dark rudraksha mala beads hang across his chest, with matching rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms and wrists. He has a long dark beard and matted hair knotted up at the top, and he gazes steadily to one side. Canvas and wooden poles are visible behind him.2013-02-12March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesMarch 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07April 28 20182018-04-28A smiling bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped up in a rust-orange turban with a small jewelled ornament stands in profile, looking to his right. He wears a sleeveless rust-orange shawl draped over his shoulders, layered gold necklaces, a thick rudraksha bead mala, rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms, and a leopard-print waist cloth with a gold belt buckle. He holds a tall gold staff on the right edge of the frame. Blurred figures and a red sign fill the background.2016-12-07A photograph of a bearded sadhu with long matted hair and a long grey-brown beard, wearing a saffron-orange turban and an orange and yellow striped garment. He leans forward on a rope-strung cot with a patterned cushion, wearing red and beaded bracelets and a wristwatch, gazing to the side. Behind him are white tents, a corrugated metal wall, a red cloth and a strand of orange marigold garlands. A sack-like bundle rests beside him.2013-02-11