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A photograph inside a decorated tent with red carpeting and hanging colourful streamers. Seated on the red floor, a bald man in orange robes with a vertical tilak on his forehead listens to a bearded man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border and gold necklaces. Beside them, a woman in a white and gold sari wears a black blindfold and long dark braids, and a woman in orange with a gold-bordered shawl wears a dark blindfold. A clipboard with a sheet of paper rests on the floor in front. Several people in orange robes sit in the background, and an ornate gold and red structure is visible behind.

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May 05 20162016-05-05A stage at a Kumbh Mela camp with ornate golden and pink decorative arches behind seated sadhus in orange and saffron robes. In the foreground, three seated elder sadhus in orange, one with grey beard and forehead markings, sit before marigold-filled brass plates. Standing behind them, a woman in a white sari with rudraksha mala and gold necklace holds a microphone and gestures, while two young blindfolded participants in white stand with a printed booklet, and a man in white and orange holds the booklet. Other standing people in orange robes stand in the background beside deity murti figures. The setting is a blindfold and third-eye demonstration staged before akhada leaders.2015-09-11A photo inside a tented ashram hall at a camp setting, with rows of wooden footwear or sandals stacked on shelves at the top left. Seated on a colourful striped woven mat, a woman in an orange sari with a white head covering holds a paper, as a woman in a white sari sits on a red plastic chair beside her offering a paper. Nearby a man in white dhoti and white garment kneels with hands on the mat, while several saffron-robed sadhus and men in orange and white sit around. Men in orange and a man in a white shirt and dhoti stand in the background. Several seated men wear orange robes and one holds an open book with printed pages.2015-09-15 +1 copiesA stage ceremony with a row of seated saffron-clad sadhus and monks in front of an ornate silver-and-red backdrop. In the centre a bearded elder in an orange turban and orange robe sits behind a silver tray of marigolds, and at the right a man with long dark hair and rudraksha mala beads and a gold chain sits in orange robes. Standing behind them, two shaven-headed men in maroon and gold dhotis and rudraksha garlands hold microphones, while a woman in a white sari and a white-clad young person wearing blindfolds are being guided with a handheld device. Another standing man in a white dhoti and rudraksha garland holds a microphone at the right. Red and orange silk shawls and garlands are visible throughout, with a decorative silver chair and a tiered canopy above.2015-09-12September 11 20152015-09-11May 08 20162016-05-08September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesApril 18 20162016-04-18December 21 20162016-12-21A stage event with several people seated and standing before a golden shrine backdrop holding deity murtis, including figures with crowns. In the foreground, a bearded elder in orange robes and an orange turban sits behind a silver table with a plate of orange marigold garlands. Beside him, a man with long hair in an orange robe and rudraksha mala and gold necklace sits, and to the right a figure in a dark red turban, orange robe and beaded mala holds garlands. Behind them, a woman in a red sari with a microphone wears a white blindfold-style eye covering, and a man in white with a gold-striped shawl and a gold necklace stands nearby. A woman in white with a red shawl stands at left, and a man in orange holds a microphone at center. Ornate gold parasol and carved golden arch frame the scene.2015-09-12