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A bearded sadhu sits cross-legged on a colourful striped cloth inside a dark canvas tent with bamboo poles. He wears long matted locks wrapped with a red and orange flower garland, ash-white body paint, and many strands of rudraksha beads across his chest and neck, plus beaded bracelets. His right hand is raised in a blessing gesture. Another seated person in orange robes sits at the right edge, and a few others rest in the background.

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February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13A bare-chested sadhu stands before a pink and tan canvas tent. His face and body are smeared with white ash, and an orange marigold garland is wrapped around his head. Several layers of dark rudraksha mala beads hang across his chest, with matching rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms and wrists. He has a long dark beard and matted hair knotted up at the top, and he gazes steadily to one side. Canvas and wooden poles are visible behind him.2013-02-12February 13 20132013-02-13A bare-chested sadhu with long matted dreadlocks and a grey-white smeared face stands raising his right hand in blessing under a tent. He wears many strands of brown rudraksha malas across his chest, a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, a silver bangle, and a red cloth draped over a tall trident with green and silver bands. Orange marigold garlands hang from the trident. A bare-chested figure with rudraksha malas and matted hair, appearance-based candidate for a person shown as a sannyasi performing a blessing gesture at the Kumbh setting. Green and brown tent fabric forms the background.2013-02-13A photograph of a naked sadhu seated on a striped rug inside a corrugated metal tent at a Kumbh camp. He has ash-white body paint, long matted dreadlocks, a grey beard, and a garland of orange marigolds around his head and neck. He raises one palm toward the camera and holds a lit cigarette in the other hand. Around him lie a red plastic bag, a whisk-like fly brush, an orange-marigold garland on a stand, a folded blanket, and a shoulder bag.2013-02-14February 22 20132013-02-22February 22 20132013-02-22February 12 20132013-02-12February 13 20132013-02-13February 10 20132013-02-10 +1 copiesCrowd 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.2013-02-10