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Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela-style camp. An elderly bearded man with grey hair and bare upper body leans from a wooden balcony draped with marigold garlands, looking down at a large blue printed banner showing a figure in orange robes. Below, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl with a rudraksha-style necklace stands among devotees; a white-robed priest with a white forehead mark and grey beard stands beside him. Several men in orange shawls and white clothes crowd the street. An orange and blue decorated umbrella with fringe and a golden trident-shaped finial stands at right, and a tent and orange walls frame the background under hazy sky.

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A photograph of an outdoor festival crowd at a temple-like wooden platform. On the left, a shirtless elderly man with long white hair and a white beard leans over a wooden railing, adorned with orange marigold garlands. Below him, a large blue vinyl banner shows a painted-style image of a long-bearded sadhu with cattle. In the foreground, a white-clad figure with head covered faces away. On the right, a smiling man in an orange turban, orange robe and layered beaded necklaces stands under an ornate blue and orange canopy with tasselled fringe. Several men in orange shawls and white shirts crowd around him, one photographing with a camera. +1 copiesOutdoor festival scene at a Kumbh Mela camp. In the foreground, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange turban, orange robes and a long gold-and-beaded necklace, with a gold ceremonial ornament above him. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron clothes and a white-robed figure with a white beard and tilak mark stand close together. A large blue banner shows a bare-chested sadhu with a long beard holding a staff beside cows. On a wooden platform at the upper left, an older bearded man with grey hair and bare shoulders leans over the rail, draped in marigold garlands. A red, blue and orange ceremonial umbrella with tasselled fringe and a golden finial stands at right, and a cameraman films the group. Tents are visible behind. A probable Swamiji is the orange-turbaned man with long hair and layered orange robes, shown in the same setting as the others.Outdoor scene at a crowded Kumbh Mela-style camp. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange turban, orange robe and long beaded necklaces, with long dark hair, smiles while holding a blue cloth bundle toward a white-bearded elder in white ritual wraps and a white head covering. Behind them, a crowd of men and photographers with cameras surrounds the scene. At upper left, an elder with long matted hair and a white beard leans over a wooden platform, holding out a pink cloth. A blue backdrop painted with a bare-chested sadhu figure and a golden trident, marigold garlands, a white tent and a striped umbrella complete the setting.May 07 20162016-05-07Outdoor scene at a Kumbh Mela camp beside a corrugated metal wall, with marigold garlands on tall poles behind. A man with grey-white painted body and long grey beard, wearing orange cloth, stands at left. Center: a smiling figure with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe with gold trim, multiple beaded rudraksha necklaces and a gold chain, hands clasped. Around him are saffron-robed sadhus, one with an orange turban, another in a red shawl with a bushy white beard and long mala, and several bald men in orange robes with rudraksha malas. A man in a leather jacket at far left wears a name badge.2013-02-15 +1 copiesMay 07 20162016-05-07Outdoor festival procession at a crowded Kumbh Mela site. A bare-chested, long-haired ascetic stands on a raised wooden platform at left, reaching down toward a crowd. Below, many men in saffron and orange robes press forward, some in white kurtas, one with a white head cloth, many with orange turbans and gold necklaces. A large ornate parasol with blue, orange and multicoloured tassels and gold finials stands at right beside a gold-tipped staff. A blue banner at lower left shows a bearded saint in orange and white, and a painted deity figure. White tents and orange cloth stand in the background under a pale sky. +1 copiesOutdoor procession under a red and multicoloured fringed canopy with palm trees behind. A central man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap and a white and multicoloured flower garland, holding a metal vessel aloft in one hand and a walking staff in the other. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and an orange shawl stands at left, and a man in white holds a framed painted portrait labelled Paramahamsi Nithyananda, showing a figure in orange robes with a mala seated in meditation. Devotees in white dhotis and saris, some with folded hands, crowd around in bright sunlight.2007-02-24May 07 20162016-05-07Outdoor procession with a crowd moving past a whitewashed wall and blue tarpaulin. At centre, a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe wears a long yellow-and-green garland and rudraksha mala, and raises his right hand in greeting. Behind him, two sannyasis in orange robes walk among white-clad devotees. Two ornate red and gold ceremonial umbrella-standards with floral embroidery rise above the crowd, and a red parasol is held overhead. Trees and a sky are visible behind. Swamiji (probable): the centred figure wears an orange turban, orange robe, rudraksha mala and garland, which are distinctive ceremonial cues for a presiding figure in procession.2010-09-04 +1 copiesA festival procession scene at a Kumbh Mela camp. In the foreground, a young man with long dark hair wears an orange turban, orange robes and a long beaded necklace; he reaches toward a large blue banner. Behind him, several saffron-clad attendants in orange robes and ceremonial gold necklaces stand near a ceremonial trident. Above on the left, an elderly bare-chested sadhu with long grey beard and matted locks reaches down with a turquoise cloth toward the banner. Photographers and cameramen crowd the scene, and a red, blue and gold canopy with tasselled fringe stands on the right, with white tents behind. A blue banner shows a bearded sadhu with long matted hair, and marigold garlands hang on the wooden platform. +1 copiesNovember 24 20062006-11-24