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Outdoor group photo beside a corrugated metal wall with marigold garlands hanging at right. Several saffron-robed sadhus stand close together. At centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala with large silver beads, a gold necklace and bangles, and a red-and-white forehead mark; he holds a sadhu's arm. Left, a bearded man in an orange kurta and a red-clad younger man stand beside him. Beside the centre figure, a white-bearded sadhu has white ash-painted skin and face markings. At right, an elderly sadhu wears an orange turban and a red garland. Several figures appear behind them. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable) for the smiling man with long hair, rudraksha mala, gold necklace and orange shawl, standing among sadhus.

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Outdoor 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.2013-02-15Outdoor 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.2013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15Outdoor 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 copiesOutdoor photo at a crowded religious gathering under orange tents. Foreground left, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl with a brown rudraksha mala stands in profile, mouth open in speech. Centre right, a bearded elder with long grey hair wears orange robes, a beaded crystal and rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, smiling. A woman in pink-orange robes and a matching head wrap stands beside them, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands among devotees in orange and yellow clothes. Orange banners and string lights hang overhead.2016-05-07February 15 20132013-02-15May 05 20162016-05-05February 15 20132013-02-15May 05 20162016-05-05February 15 20132013-02-15