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A 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.

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February 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 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.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 12 20132013-02-12May 21 20162016-05-21February 22 20132013-02-22A bearded sadhu with long grey-streaked hair tied in a topknot sits in front of a deep orange cloth backdrop. He wears white-and-cream wraps and several strands of dark red rudraksha beads around his neck, and white and yellow horizontal tilak stripes with a red bindi mark his forehead. Behind him, a person in white clothing stands partly visible, and a hand at the right edge holds a small red object. a person is not visibly identifiable from appearance cues here, so the figure is described by role only.2013-02-09February 13 20132013-02-13February 10 20132013-02-10 +1 copiesA bare-chested sadhu with long matted hair and a full grey-brown beard stands at dusk, wearing a thick necklace of yellow marigold garlands and white and pink flowers. His face and chest carry white and orange ash markings with a red tilak on the forehead. He holds a wooden staff in one hand and wears beaded bracelets. Behind him are saffron and red flags on poles against a dark blue evening sky.2016-05-21