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A large orange outdoor signboard set among green leafy trees. Five framed portrait photographs of bearded saffron-clad sadhus with sacred ash marks are arranged around the board, with Om symbols at top. The Hindi text lists instructions for pilgrims at the Ganga: do not bathe with soap, do not wash clothes with soap in the Ganga, keep the ashram premises clean, and do not throw plastic or garbage into the river. It is signed by Mahamandaleshwar Swami Vishveshwaranand Giri. The sign is a graphic poster, with no physical people in the scene.

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Outdoor photo at a riverside ashram setting with green foliage and a banner behind. A central figure with long dark hair sits on a concrete bench wearing saffron/orange robes, with bare feet and a rudraksha-style mala. Beside them a standing man in orange kurta with a beaded mala and pendant listens. A seated man in green shirt and white dhoti, with orange shawl, sits on a blue and red mat. Two women in orange saris stand behind, and a person with curly hair is partly visible in the foreground. A saffron-clad sannyasi figure is at the left edge. The banner shows portraits and Hindi text honouring Mahamandaleshwar Swami Vishwyanand Giri.2008-07-10A large maroon banner over the gateway of Swami Svat Prakash Ashram, Rani Gali, Bhuptawala, Haridwar. It carries blue and white Devanagari headings and the names of the founder and supreme head, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Swami Atmanandpuri Ji Maharaj (Jire Wale). Two framed portraits flank the text: on the left a white-robed figure in a turban garlanded with orange and red flowers, and on the right a smiling man with a shaved head, orange robe and rudraksha mala, with a hand raised in a blessing gesture. Flower decorations surround the portraits, and a phone number is printed in the lower section. The brick gate and wall are visible below, and the banner is a printed graphic, not a group of people.2014-03-13July 10 20082008-07-10September 10 20152015-09-10Outdoor photo at an ashram-style courtyard with green plants behind. A man with his back to the camera, wearing an orange-saffron kurta and a rudraksha mala, stands facing a woman seated on a concrete bench. She wears an orange sari and smiles with her palms pressed together. Behind them a woman in orange stands and another in orange is partly visible. On the left a man in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a mat. A hindi-language orange banner with a printed portrait of a man with glasses hangs at upper left, labelled with a name as caption. A partial head is visible in the lower foreground. Visible people: about five.2008-07-10Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela camp road with a metal barrier and wooden poles. Four men walk past large banners: a banner shows a shaved-headed man with an orange tilak labelled as Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, and another shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe promoting a Nithyananda Satsang on Isha Vasya Upanishad. A third banner shows a bearded Swami Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj. Two men in saffron robes, one with an orange turban, walk in front, while a bearded man in a white dhoti stands at right and another in a light robe walks at left. A temple spire is visible in the background, and the scene includes a yellow barricade and roadside litter.2015-09-10An outdoor photo at an ashram courtyard under trees. A man in an orange shirt and dark trousers, with a folded orange shawl, stands at left holding a phone. Beside him a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala smiles and looks down while another man in orange, with a shawl, gestures toward him. A woman in orange robes stands smiling at the back, and a woman in orange sits at right in the foreground. A woman in white with an orange shawl stands behind a black speaker. A hanging orange banner behind them shows several portrait photos of an elderly saint with Om symbols and Hindi text.2008-07-10A photograph of a large outdoor banner at a Kumbh Mela site in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, with Hindi text announcing a welcome to Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani sadhus and devotees. The banner shows a mass bathing scene in the water and four small portrait photos of saints in saffron and red robes. In the foreground, an elderly bearded man with long white hair, wearing a plain white dhoti and shawl, stands with his back partly to the camera, looking at the banner behind a bamboo and wire fence. A yellow metal barrier and tree are visible. No figure on the banner is identified as a person, and the figure in the foreground is shown from behind and is not identifiable.2015-09-10March 14 20142014-03-14March 14 20142014-03-14March 14 20142014-03-14A photograph of a concrete ghat-style enclosure with white pillars and red metal railings beside a wall, surrounded by dense green trees and shrubs. A small shallow pool of water sits inside the enclosure. On the right, a red-orange hoarding board carries three portrait photos of bearded saints in saffron and white, with Om symbols above, and several lines of Hindi text. One adult man in a light shirt stands at the railing near the water. Dense foliage fills the background.2008-07-10