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A crowded photograph of saffron-clad sadhus and sannyasis at a large hall event, with many orange-robed figures visible in the background. In the foreground, a bald man in a saffron wrap gestures toward a bespectacled, grey-bearded devotee who holds a folded cloth or offering. At left, a figure wears a tall orange turban and a long rudraksha mala. At right, a smiling man with a yellow-and-red forehead mark wears an orange hooded wrap. Several people stand close together amid the offering and greeting activity, with red-and-orange drapery and stage banners behind them.

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A crowded indoor hall with rows of hanging lights and a large orange-carpeted floor where many people in orange and saffron clothes gather. In the foreground, a bald man in a plain orange robe stands at centre-left, facing a shaven-headed man in an orange robe who bows forward. At far left, a man in an orange turban and orange wrap stands beside a red cushion. A man with a full beard in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace appears at right, with a dark-haired head in the lower right foreground. Behind them, more men in white and orange clothing move through the crowd.2016-05-05Photo at a Kumbh Mela camp tent of several saffron-robed sadhus in close conversation. In the foreground, a bald man in glasses stands at left. A smiling man in a deep orange turban, orange robe and a dark beaded mala with gold bangles presses his palms together. Beside him, a white-bearded sadhu with marigold garlands holds a small object. On the right, a sadhu in an orange turban and robe, also with a marigold garland, leans forward. Behind them, more orange-clad figures and onlookers stand under a white tent canopy.2016-04-22May 05 20162016-05-05April 23 20162016-04-23December 11 20112011-12-11A photograph of a Kumbh Mela camp event with several saffron-robed sadhus. In the centre, a man with long grey hair and a full white beard wears an orange-red robe, rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, and stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him a smiling sadhu wears a rust-orange turban and rudraksha mala. Other saffron-clad holy men and a young man in red with glasses stand nearby, and a dark relief carving of a deity is on the back wall under bright lights. Several orange-clad figures have tilak on their foreheads.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A crowd of saffron-robed men gathers closely in a tented hall with a white canvas ceiling and red floor coverings. At centre, a man in an orange turban, brown-orange wrap and a long beaded necklace stands smiling and reaching out his hands toward a bald man in glasses and gold beads. Around them devotees in orange, red and white clothing, some with forehead markings and rudraksha malas, press in. A bald man on the left wears a white-striped forehead marking and orange robes. Framed pictures hang on the back wall and a red banner is visible at the upper right.2016-05-08A photograph of a tented gathering where a group of saffron and orange-robed sadhus stand close together, smiling and talking. In the centre, a woman in an orange turban wears a heavy gold necklace and bangles and stands with a broad smile, flanked by men in orange and maroon robes, one with a long grey beard, another with a shaved head and glasses, and one at right in peach robes and a peach head cloth. Several shaved-headed men wear vertical tilak marks. Green floor matting and a steel plate are visible at lower left. Only partially visible people appear at the edges, and the scene shows a relaxed, celebratory mood.2016-05-08 +1 copiesMarch 14 20142014-03-14May 05 20162016-05-05April 23 20162016-04-23