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Night photo of a group of saffron- and maroon-robed sadhus standing outdoors in a street with a crowd behind them. At centre a man in a maroon robe with a golden shoulder cloth and a large gold pendant hangs on a maroon mala wears a red turban and has vertical tilak marks; to his right an older man in a flowing orange shawl wears a black and white rudraksha-style bead necklace and a long grey beard. Men at left and right wear white dhotis with gold borders and heavy beaded garlands, one holding an orange bag strap. Background shows a printed banner with Hindi text, a yellow building and street stalls. Several men have white sandalwood marks on their foreheads and arms.

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September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesA night-time procession moves along a street in front of a yellow building and a sign showing a meditating figure. A central figure in a bright orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti, with a grey-streaked head covering and a dark beaded mala, walks barefoot near the middle. Around him, several men in white dhotis with gold borders wear red and gold shawls, rudraksha-style malas and gold chains, with white tripundra marks on their forereheads. One man in orange garments and another in a red turban walk nearby, and a uniformed police officer stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a devotional procession in an Indian town.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16A night procession of about six men in sannyasi and priestly dress walks barefoot over a wet street past yellow metal barricades and shopfronts. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange wrap and a rudraksha mala with white forehead markings walks in front of a group wearing maroon and deep red garments with gold borders, gold pendant necklaces and beaded malas. On the left, a man in a red turban and maroon cloth with gold necklaces walks beside the others, and on the right a shaved-headed man in maroon with a gold necklace follows. Several attendants in orange cloth with ash-marked foreheads walk behind them.2015-09-16Night procession outdoors on a street lined with a crowd. A central man in a red-maroon robe with gold border and a red turban, wearing a large gold pendant on a rudraksha-style bead necklace, walks among several men and a woman in maroon and orange-gold sacred attire with gold-bordered cloth and garlands. A man at right wears a bare head with white tilak and saffron-gold garments. At center-right, an older white-haired man in a flowing orange-saffron wrap and dark beaded mala walks with a white forehead band. A yellow and white signboard with a meditating figure hangs behind them, and onlookers stand along the road.2015-09-16A night procession on a wet street lined with people and small shops. Several saffron-robed sannyasis walk in a group, most wearing red-maroon garments with gold borders, rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings on their foreheads. In the centre, an elderly man in a plain orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a dark bead necklace and a white forehead band, is supported by an attendant in orange on his arm. A devotee in yellow walks to the right edge. Behind them, a tree, a wall with signboards and a temple-like spire can be seen. Whether the centre figure is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone, so the identity is not asserted.2015-09-16September 15 20152015-09-15Night procession on a crowded Indian street lit by street lamps and a poster-covered wall. At the centre, an older man with a shaved head and white tripundra marks wears a saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala, walking between two men in maroon-red dhotis and wrappers with gold-yellow borders and heavy beaded garlands with gold pendants. A man in saffron shawl and a red turban walk nearby, and a woman in a maroon sari with gold border and gold necklaces stands to the left. Devotees in red and white stand behind. a person: the older centre man wears saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks, matching the page's a person reference, which is only partly supported by his appearance.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16