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A large orange-and-white banner with radiating sunburst rays, advertising a Shivwadi Ashram on National Highway No. 8 in Karjan, Vadodara district. Central top image shows Ganesha seated on a white mouse-like vahana in red attire with raised hands. Left inset photo shows a bearded ascetic with raised arm beside a tiger, labelled as Mahant Bholagiri Urdhva Bahu Tapasvi Hathyogi (Bapu). Right inset shows a bearded ascetic in a wooden swing-like seat, labelled Mahant Mahakalgiri Khadeshwari. Red and dark text lists addresses and phone numbers, with a note of a Radha Krishna temple above Khodi Dham hill in Alwar, Rajasthan. No people are physically present; the banner is a graphic.

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A large maroon banner over the gateway of Swami Svat Prakash Ashram, Rani Gali, Bhuptawala, Haridwar. It carries blue and white Devanagari headings and the names of the founder and supreme head, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Swami Atmanandpuri Ji Maharaj (Jire Wale). Two framed portraits flank the text: on the left a white-robed figure in a turban garlanded with orange and red flowers, and on the right a smiling man with a shaved head, orange robe and rudraksha mala, with a hand raised in a blessing gesture. Flower decorations surround the portraits, and a phone number is printed in the lower section. The brick gate and wall are visible below, and the banner is a printed graphic, not a group of people.2014-03-13A yellow and orange canvas tent entrance at a Kumbh Mela camp, framed by large printed banners. A banner reads Shri Shambhu Panch Dashnam Akhara 13 Madhi, with a portrait on the left and a portrait on the right. Left and right tall posters show saffron-robed sadhus with rudraksha malas, one holding up a hand in blessing. A central yellow banner in Hindi shows a photo of devotees pulling a cart by rope. Inside the tent entrance, a seated man in orange cloth sits on a mat near offerings and a red cloth. Striped tarpaulins and a small green plant surround the entrance, with a red car parked at right.2013-02-11Photo 11702331February 13 20132013-02-13A photograph of an outdoor stage under a yellow tent at a Khichdi Milan Samaroh 2014 gathering. A backdrop banner shows three large portraits of older bearded saints, one in orange turban and robes, and a stage lined with marigold garlands and a red-and-gold carpet. Seated on white-covered sofas are several people in saffron and orange robes, including a central bearded figure in an orange turban and a man in white with a rudraksha mala at left. A man in orange robes stands at right holding a microphone and speaking, with a monitor speaker behind him. Garlands of orange and green marigolds decorate the stage edges and furniture.2014-01-14February 07 20132013-02-07 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15May 21 20162016-05-21February 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a decorated entrance gate at the Nashik Mahakumbh 2015 with a pink banner reading a welcome in Marathi and Hindi for devotees, sponsored by Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram Aghor Shodh Evam Sansthan, Varanasi. Marigold and red flower garlands hang across the gateway. Flanking the banner are framed portraits: on the left a man with white hair and a garland, beside a seated man in white; on the right an elderly man in white seated in a wheelchair, and a multi-tiered pagoda-style tower. Several people in light shirts and trousers walk through the gate, and a red banner with Hindi text hangs inside.2015-09-15February 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copies