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A photograph of a seated devotional gathering on a patterned floor mat in a pink-walled hall with barred windows. A long-haired figure in a rust-orange sari with a gold-and-bead necklace sits cross-legged with palms pressed together while a standing man in saffron robes bends forward toward them. Other seated sadhus in orange and saffron, one with a shaved head and wire spectacles, one with yellow tilak and rudraksha beads, watch nearby. The atmosphere is a formal sannyasi greeting or blessing.

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A seated gathering on a patterned red and blue carpet in a pink-walled room with a barred window. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala bends forward at the left. A bald man in saffron robes with a mala sits cross-legged at the rear. At right, a smiling woman in a pink turban and saffron robe with a gold necklace sits beside a bald man in orange robes with hands folded in greeting. A bald man in a white dhoti with an orange robe sits at the lower left, seen from behind. The scene resembles a satsang or meeting; no deity or ritual object is visible.2016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesA photograph inside a large orange-and-white tented pavilion at a Kumbh Mela setting, with sadhus and devotees seated on patterned rugs. In the foreground, a bearded sadhu in orange robes and a red turban sits on the left with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, while a bald monk in a red-and-orange dhoti with a gold-and-beaded necklace bows forward, clasping hands with a seated figure in orange robes and an orange head cloth. Other saffron-clad sadhus stand and sit in the background, and a sadhu on the right wears a light orange turban and a long beaded mala. A tented area and orange cloth backdrop fill the scene. The image carries a copyright overlay in the corner.2016-04-22A photograph inside a plain pink room with barred windows. A standing man in orange robes, with a rudraksha mala, a red bindi and sandalwood-marked forehead, leans forward with his hand extended toward a seated elderly man with white hair and beard in orange robes. The elderly man holds a foot in his hands in a gesture of reverence. To the right, a woman in orange sari and gold-coloured necklace with a pink-orange turban sits with palms joined. Another person in orange sits at the left edge, a third stands partly visible at left in orange with an orange turban, and a seated monk in maroon with a rudraksha mala is at the bottom left, with a bald head. The floor is covered by a patterned carpet with bolsters and a water bottle.2016-04-21A photograph of a seated group on a patterned red and maroon carpet in a pink-walled room with a barred window. A woman in the centre wears a pink turban, a gold-and-bead garland, a dark-orange shawl and gold armlets, and smiles while seated. To her right, a bald man in orange robes with orange tilak and a rudraksha mala sits with hands together. Further right, another bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. On the left, a man in an orange robe and white-bearded elder in orange sit near a person in yellow kurta who reaches toward a seated person in orange with a red garland. Lower foreground shows other seated devotees, one with orange tilak.2016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21Indoor photograph in a tent with bright red-orange fabric walls and ceiling. A long-haired man in an orange wrap and rudraksha mala with a white tilak smiles while a bald elder in orange bends forward, touching his feet, and an elder with grey hair and a beard in red-orange garments looks on. A younger man in orange and a white-bearded man stand nearby, and an orange-robed figure with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala bows at right. Several other men in orange and red robes and a dark-suited man stand around them, with a small colourful poster on the back wall.2013-02-15April 21 20162016-04-21February 06 20132013-02-06