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September 10 2015

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Indoor photograph in a plain room with a pale wall and a framed picture at upper left. A central man wears a red turban, a rudraksha mala, a large ceremonial gold pendant, a gold armlet and a maroon garment with gold borders, holding a folded white cloth. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: red turban, rudraksha mala and ornate ceremonial gold necklace. Around him, a man in an orange shawl stands at left, a white-clad man in a red turban bends low at lower left, and a bald man in maroon and gold robes holds a blue bag and a staff at right. Other saffron-clad and white-clad men stand in the background, and a water bottle sits at lower right.2015-09-10February 11 20132013-02-11July 23 20162016-07-23A photograph of a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in a narrow corridor at the Kumbh camp. At centre, a man in a red-maroon turban and maroon-and-gold robe with a large gold bead necklace is smiling and being greeted. Two men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces stand beside him, one bending forward with hands joined. Many bearded sadhus in orange and saffron turbans and robes surround them. On the left wall hangs a painted portrait of a bearded man in yellow robes holding a staff, with a garland of marigolds above it. Bystanders in white and crowd members fill the foreground.2015-09-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesApril 21 20162016-04-21December 11 20112011-12-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20152015-09-20January 03 20152015-01-03A photograph of a seated devotional gathering on a patterned floor mat in a pink-walled hall with barred windows. A long-haired figure in a rust-orange sari with a gold-and-bead necklace sits cross-legged with palms pressed together while a standing man in saffron robes bends forward toward them. Other seated sadhus in orange and saffron, one with a shaved head and wire spectacles, one with yellow tilak and rudraksha beads, watch nearby. The atmosphere is a formal sannyasi greeting or blessing.2016-04-21Indoor photo in a hall with cream walls, red curtains and a white-covered row of devotees at a barrier. A smiling man in an orange-brown dhoti and shawl with a red-orange turban, a red bindi, heavy gold necklaces and a gold pendant, and gold armlets reaches out to bless a bowing devotee. The devotee wears an orange turban and orange robe and bends forward with palms together. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts stand in line, and a man with white forehead markings and beaded jewellery appears at right. Swamiji (probable): the smiling man in the orange-brown robe and turban with gold ornaments, shown in the act of giving blessing.2013-08-03