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Crowd of naked or near-naked sadhus at dusk at the Kumbh Mela, their bodies smeared with grey-white ash. In the centre a bearded sadhu with long matted dreadlocks and a white-painted face raises his right hand toward the camera. Beside him a man with a shaved head wears a beaded necklace and rudraksha-style bead strands on his wrist, and a sadhu on the right has long matted hair tied up with a red cloth. Street lamps glow orange against the evening sky, and the surrounding pilgrims fill the frame.

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Photograph at dusk of a large crowd of ascetic men at the Kumbh Mela, their bodies and faces smeared with white ash. Foreground men are bare-chested and wear rudraksha and bead malas, with long matted hair and beards on the right. Behind them, more sadhus stand among warm street lamps and an orange flag on the left. No individual here can be confidently matched to a person from appearance, so no identity is asserted.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10 +1 copiesDusk photograph of a crowd of naked, ash-smeared sadhus at the Kumbh Mela, shot from a low angle. In the foreground a bare-backed man with his hair tied up raises one arm toward the sky while looking upward; a long white-bearded ascetic stands at right with a rudraksha-style necklace. To the left, a smiling man wears an orange-saffron cloth and yellow headband, and another bearded figure wears an orange wrap. Several other ascetics with matted hair and white-painted bodies stand packed together against the dim blue evening sky. No identifiable a person appearance is visible, and no readable text appears in the frame.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Photograph of a large group of ash-smeared naked sadhus at dusk or night. Several raise their arms overhead and face forward in a crowded procession. One bearded man in front has a rudraksha-style necklace and raised arms, while an orange-robed man stands at the left edge. The background is a dim hazy sky with warm lamplight. Visible people number roughly twenty or more, with many partially cropped at the edges.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela on the riverbank, with many ascetics crowded together under orange sodium street lamps and a hazy orange sky. Several naked or bare-chested sadhus are smeared with white ash, with long matted or white hair and beards, some raising arms high. A man in a dark knit cap and orange-and-white vest stands at left, and a bearded elder in a dark cap and rust-coloured cloth stands center-right. Camera operators and photographers are visible at the edges. A bare-chested figure at upper right carries long dark hair and a beard.2013-02-10Night photograph of a dense crowd of naked, ash-smeared sadhus at the Kumbh Mela, gathered on a paved road under orange sodium street lamps and hazy sky. Many men have grey-white ash covering their bodies and long matted hair or beards; a bearded sadhu in the centre wears orange-red rudraksha beads and a white necklace while raising his hands. A bare-skinned figure with long blonde hair stands at right, and several people in saffron and orange cloth stand further back. A photographer with a large camera lens is visible at the right edge, and a man's raised arm with bangles appears at the upper left. The crowd is far larger than the countable figures, so this is best counted as a large group.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10