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A man with greying hair and beard, wearing a dark grey waistcoat over a white kurta, leans forward on a white-covered bed or mat and gestures with his hand. His forehead bears yellow-orange and red tilak marks, and he wears a silver wristwatch and bangles. Beside him, a boy with a black blindfold over his eyes wears a red shawl printed with text and a white garment with gold border. Behind them, seated devotees in white and saffron-marked clothing, including a bearded man with a red mala and a man in a white vest, sit on a red carpet under a tent with colourful bedding and cloth piles. The scene suggests a camp gathering at a Kumbh Mela-style setting.

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Outdoor camp gathering under a blue, red and yellow striped tent cloth, with people seated on red and patterned mats. In the foreground a man in a black sleeveless vest over white kurta, with orange tilak smeared across his forehead and an orange scarf, sits beside a bearded sadhu in a cream turban and white robe with a red tilak. Behind them a man in a white vest wears a red lanyard and a gold chain, and a boy in a black blindfold wears a red shawl with a yellow border. Other seated men, some bearded and wearing white, are in the background among bedding and folded blankets.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15July 08 20172017-07-08September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees seated closely together, many wearing rudraksha malas and bare-chested or in white clothes, with orange-red markings across their eyes. In the centre, a balding, grey-haired man in a plain white shirt and red-beaded mala wears a black eye mask with orange-red markings, looking forward. Nearby, a bearded man with a bare chest and multiple rudraksha malas has his eyes closed. A man in a red blindfold appears at left, and out-of-focus heads fill the foreground. The scene suggests a group meditation or ritual session with participants blindfolded and marked on the eyes.2016-12-06June 08 20172017-06-08A seated group of devotees listens attentively in a hall with cream walls. In the centre, a bearded man with a red-and-white tilak on his forehead wears a white dhoti and an orange shawl with gold embroidery, hands gesturing as he speaks. To his left, a fair-skinned man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala looks on. To the right, an older bald man with white-marked forehead and rudraksha mala closes his eyes, and a younger man in white sits behind them. Behind the front row, more people in white clothes and orange shawls are seated. The visible people appear to be attending a satsang discourse.2017-07-23A seated group inside a plain brick-walled hall during a gathering at the Kumbh Mela. Several saffron-robed sadhus sit on a patterned mat in the upper left and centre; one has long grey hair and a beard and wears a rudraksha mala, another has a white beard and a saffron shawl. Foreground men wear white kurtas with yellow shawls and a bindi-marked forehead. A man in a red striped shirt sits beside them. Women in white and green saris sit in the background near a window, and a man in pink shirt holds a camera at upper right. No single figure can be confidently identified from appearance.2015-09-11February 12 20132013-02-12A seated man in white kurta-style clothing wears a red rudraksha-style mala and a black eye mask with orange-red markings and a red bindi-like dot on his forehead. He sits among a dense crowd of seated devotees, some in white, pink, red and blue clothes. A bearded man in grey kurta and glasses sits in the foreground. The scene appears to be a satsang or yoga gathering.2016-12-06A seated crowd of devotees at a KAILASA satsang or meditation gathering. In the centre foreground, a bearded man with short grey-black hair wears a saffron-orange headband with an eye motif, a bare chest, and a rudraksha mala with a white beaded necklace. Beside him, an older man in a turquoise-blue kurta wears a rudraksha mala. Behind them, many people sit closely together, some bare-chested, others in white or grey tops, a woman in a white head covering, and a man in a dark red garment at the upper right. Blurred heads fill the foreground, and a light blue wall forms the background.2016-12-07