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Outdoor photo under a red and yellow patterned canopy with corrugated metal roofing behind a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees. Centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears a brown-orange dhoti-style cloth, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala, with his hands clasped at his chest; a bearded man in orange kneels and bows to him from the front. Beside them, a long-haired man in an orange robe with gold bangles, another bearded man in an orange-and-red robe, a bald man in orange with a mala, and a turbaned elder in bright orange with beaded necklaces stand among others. On the left, an elderly sadhu with white-painted forehead and grey beard wears an orange wrap. Several men in orange and red clothing crowd the scene. The photo is a watermarked Nithyanandapedia archive image, not a screen or poster.

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February 15 20132013-02-15Outdoor photograph under a red and gold patterned canopy at a Kumbh Mela gathering, with a corrugated metal shed behind. Several sadhus and sannyasis in saffron and orange robes stand close together. On the left, a sadhu with long grey matted hair and white-painted face and forehead, a red tilak, and an orange wrap. In the centre, a bare-chested bearded sadhu with silver chains and an orange loincloth holds a small white object. Right of centre, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala with silver beads, a gold necklace, and an ochre-brown robe with gold trim smiles. Far right, an elderly bespectacled man with a white beard wears a red robe and orange shawl. Other men in orange and red robes and a young man in a red sweatshirt stand around them. The a person Paramahamsa Shivam a person candidate has long dark swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala with silver beads, gold chain and an ochre robe with gold border, and a visible probable identification is in the description as an appearance-based label: a person, a person in the centre-right, with a rudraksha mala and ochre robe.2013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15A photograph inside a large orange-and-white tented pavilion at a Kumbh Mela setting, with sadhus and devotees seated on patterned rugs. In the foreground, a bearded sadhu in orange robes and a red turban sits on the left with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, while a bald monk in a red-and-orange dhoti with a gold-and-beaded necklace bows forward, clasping hands with a seated figure in orange robes and an orange head cloth. Other saffron-clad sadhus stand and sit in the background, and a sadhu on the right wears a light orange turban and a long beaded mala. A tented area and orange cloth backdrop fill the scene. The image carries a copyright overlay in the corner.2016-04-22April 23 20162016-04-23May 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 copiesFebruary 12 20132013-02-12August 09 20072007-08-09A group of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis stands outdoors in a corrugated-metal enclosure at a Kumbh Mela camp, with tents and orange marigold garlands on poles behind them. On the left, a sadhu with long grey matted hair and white ash on his face and body, wearing an orange cloth, stands with his hands near his chest. Next to him, a grey-bearded elder in a red shawl and rudraksha mala holds a staff and presses his palms together. At centre, a woman in an orange shawl with a long rudraksha mala and bangles joins her hands in namaste toward the elder. To the right, a bald man in orange with rudraksha beads and a shaved-head monk with a bead mala stand near a sadhu in a pale saffron turban and beaded necklaces. A separate figure on the far left wears a yellow turban and raises a fist.2013-02-15