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Crowded indoor hall at the Kumbh Mela camp in Trimbakeshwar during a gathering of sadhus. In the centre, a man in a red robe walks barefoot past a man in orange robes and a grey beard holding a bundle of orange-tasselled mala strands. Several turbaned men in orange and red, and one in white with a yellow and orange shawl, stand nearby, some holding cameras. Seated in the foreground are saffron-robed sadhus, including an elderly man with long white hair and beard and a boy in orange wearing glasses. Two young men in pale pink and white kurtas with yellow dhotis stand on the right. Water bottles sit on the floor.

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A crowded indoor hall with pale walls and a tiled floor filled with saffron-robed sadhus and devotees. In the centre a man in a red robe walks past, while a man in an orange robe holds a strand of orange-flowered rudraksha mala. Two turbaned men in white kurtas with yellow shawls stand near a cameraman with a video camera. Seated in the foreground, a white-bearded elderly sadhu in orange wears a red tilak, and a young boy in orange wears glasses. Men in pink and cream kurtas with yellow dhotis stand at right. Water bottles sit on the floor among the seated crowd.2015-09-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 11 20152015-09-11September 20 20152015-09-20A seated communal meal at a Kumbh Mela camp, with rows of sadhus and devotees in saffron and orange robes sitting cross-legged on a white floor. Plates of food and water bottles are set in front of them along the line. A bearded man in orange robes with a red tilak on his forehead and a boy in a red shirt sit near the front, while an older man with a long white beard in orange robes smiles toward the camera. Another white-haired man in orange sits in the foreground, and women in orange saris sit at the right. Orange turbans and rudraksha malas are visible among the crowd.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11April 19 20182018-04-19 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11Indoor 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.2015-09-15