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A group of sadhus in saffron and orange robes sits cross-legged on a red patterned carpet and cushions in a plain room with pale tiled walls and windows. An elderly bearded sadhu on the right wears orange robes, rudraksha beads and a long grey beard, and sits with hands held near his chest. A bearded man in the center-left wears an orange robe and a crimson turban and presses his palms together in greeting, with gold necklaces visible. A person in the foreground on the left holds up a mobile phone to photograph the gathering. A bald monk in the foreground wears a saffron cloth over one shoulder and a beaded mala. Several other seated men in orange garments surround them.

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A crowded indoor room with pale walls and a window, where saffron-robed sadhus sit on red and orange floor mats and rugs. A man in an orange turban and orange robe stands near the centre, and a bare-headed elderly man in orange bends forward at right. Several photographers and a man in white dhoti at left hold cameras and phones, and a small framed painting hangs on the back wall. Some seated sadhus wear rudraksha malas and ochre cloth, with one man at right showing long swept-back white hair.2015-09-15September 21 20152015-09-21September 21 20152015-09-21September 21 20152015-09-21April 21 20162016-04-21A photograph inside a small tiled room with a patterned red carpet and colourful cushions along the walls. Several men in saffron and orange robes sit cross-legged in a circle in conversation. A bearded sadhu in orange wears rudraksha beads and white paint on his arms, and a central man in a red-and-orange turban wears heavy gold ornaments and a deep red garment, with bangles on his wrists. Another man in a saffron turban and white dhoti sits in the foreground, and a shaved-headed man with a red shawl faces the group. The setting suggests a satsang or meeting among sadhus.2015-09-15September 11 20152015-09-11September 21 20152015-09-21September 21 20152015-09-21Indoor photo of a seated gathering of saints in a plain room with a framed deity picture on the wall beside a window. A tall elderly sadhu in a pale pink-saffron robe and white beard stands at left, hands folded in greeting. Seated on red-patterned carpets and cushions, many sadhus wear orange and saffron robes, one wears a pink turban, and another an orange turban. Several men in maroon and gold-bordered dhotis, one with a rudraksha mala, sit with shaved heads in front. A woman in a maroon sari with a gold border sits at lower right, and a few figures in the foreground are partly cropped. Phone-carrying onlookers stand at the back left. A ceremonial satsang-style meeting with visiting sadhus.2015-09-15September 21 20152015-09-21A photograph of a seated gathering in a room with white tiled walls and a window, with patterned red-and-blue rugs on the floor. Many men in saffron and orange robes sit in a semicircle; one bearded elder wears a red turban and a rudraksha mala, another has long white hair and beard, and a bald man in orange sits at the right. A man with dark curly hair and a full beard wears a plain orange cloth. Women in red, white and purple saris sit at the left, one with hands joined in greeting. A man in a white shirt sits in the foreground beside a bald monk in orange with a beaded gold-toned necklace, facing the group. The scene appears to be a sitting meeting or satsang among sadhus and devotees.2015-09-11