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Photograph inside an orange-draped tent at a sadhu gathering. A man with long hair in a bun and a beard, wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha-style necklace, stands with his back to the camera, facing a bearded elder in orange robes and dark sunglasses who wears a red-beaded mala and embraces him. Seated nearby are an elder with a shaved head in pink robes and a yellow marigold garland, a seated saffron-clad sadhu with a yellow marigold garland and a white forehead band, and other robed monks on the right. A man in a light blue shirt stands at the left edge. The copyright notice and Source credit are overlaid on the lower right of the photo.

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April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22A photograph inside an open orange-and-white tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with sandy ground and folded carpets. In the centre, a sadhu in a bright orange turban and orange robes stands with his back to the camera, facing a seated woman in an orange shawl with a white forehead mark and a white flower garland. To the left, a bearded elder in white and orange robes watches while a man in orange kurta stands with a hand extended. On the right, a man in a beige shirt with a tilak sits beside a brass plate holding flowers, a small cup and offerings. Another orange-turbaned sadhu sits to the right, and a standing sadhu in orange appears in the background. Several people are visible in the scene.2016-04-22Photograph inside an orange-and-yellow tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with sandy ground and a patterned red-and-maroon carpet. In the centre, a bald saffron-robed sannyasi kneels to drape an orange cloth over a seated figure whose head is wreathed in white flowers and who wears an orange robe and a red-and-white garland. Beside them, a seated elder in pink and white robes and beads watches. Around them stand many people in saffron and orange robes, a man in a lavender shirt holding a camera, a man in a pink shirt with a lanyard, and a man with long hair at the right edge. A brass plate with offerings sits in the lower foreground, and a yellow umbrella is held above one figure.2016-04-22Inside a large orange, white and yellow striped tent at a sadhu gathering, a seated woman in orange robes wears a white garland of flowers on her head, a yellow marigold garland around her neck and a tilak on her forehead, with a large ID badge at her chest. A shaved-headed sadhu in orange robes stands with his back to the camera, extending a hand toward her, while another shaved-headed elder in pink robes sits nearby on a patterned carpet with pink cushions. Standing men in orange robes and a yellow umbrella are visible behind, along with several people in casual clothes and a man in a pink shirt. Bold white copyright text appears at the lower right.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22April 23 20162016-04-23Outdoor satsang tent with yellow and white canopy at a Kumbh Mela gathering. A central seated figure in saffron robes wears a yellow marigold garland, a white tilak on the forehead and white markings on the arm, and sits with hands resting on his lap. Seated beside him, a bald monk in saffron cloth and a man with a turban in saffron and grey beard sit on the floor. Behind them, devotees in orange and pink robes, one with long grey hair and beard, stand and sit under the tent, and a man holds an open book. A saffron cloth hangs as a pillar at right.2016-04-23Photograph inside a large orange tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, showing a ceremony of saffron-robed sadhus. In the centre, a seated figure in orange robes wears a white garland of flowers and a white vertical tilak on the forehead, with a flower garland around the neck. Behind him, another sadhu in a saffron turban and orange robe holds up a large orange cloth above the seated figure. Several bearded sadhus in orange stand behind, and a brass plate with flowers, leaves and offerings sits in the foreground. Devotees and onlookers in the foreground are taking photos with mobile phones.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22Outdoor tent at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering. Seated on a low covered platform with red and blue cushions, a woman in orange robes wears a long yellow-marigold garland and a white forehead mark, her hands folded. Beside her sits a bald man in pale pink robes and a rudraksha mala, and at left another seated man in orange with a orange turban and beaded mala. A standing attendant in orange and yellow holds a yellow umbrella at the left edge, and a crowd of onlookers in white and pink shirts stands behind. A photographer in orange at right gestures toward the seated group. Orange and white striped tent fabric overhead.2016-04-22Outdoor tented gathering with orange draped walls at a Kumbh Mela event. Seated in the foreground, a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala on the left, and a man in a rust-red turban, rudraksha garland and gold armlet with folded hands in the centre-left. Beside him, a smiling sadhvi-style figure in orange robes and head covering, with a yellow marigold garland, touches the hands of a woman in orange and red sari bending forward at right. Other seated devotees and a standing man in a white shirt are behind them. The rust-red turban and rudraksha garland of the central figure are distinctive, but the page does not indicate his presence, so no identity is asserted.2016-04-22