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Crowded indoor photograph in a plain room with pale walls and a framed picture at upper left. Center: a smiling man in a red-orange turban and saffron-red dhoti with a broad gold-yellow border, wearing layered gold and rudraksha malas and a red bindi, pictured in a sanyasi-style presentation with a red-orange shawl. Left: a young man with long swept-back hair in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, wearing rudraksha and gold malas, eyes lowered. Right foreground: a bearded man in white shirt with a crossbody bag. Other devotees in saffron and orange robes and bright shirts surround them, some holding up phones.

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Indoor photograph of a crowded room with devotees and sadhus in orange and saffron robes. At centre, a smiling man in a dark red turban, dark red-and-gold dhoti and shawl, with multiple gold necklaces and a rudraksha mala, stands beside a younger man in white dhoti and shawl wearing a rudraksha mala and gold chain, who looks down. A bearded man in a white shirt holding a bag stands at right, and others with cameras and phones are visible behind. Appearance-based candidate: a person in the centre, wearing a red turban, gold necklaces and rudraksha mala. The wall displays a framed picture.2015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded indoor hall with plain whitewashed walls and a framed portrait of a saint garlanded with flowers on the back wall. In the centre, a smiling man wears a deep red turban, a red-brown robe with a gold border, and layered rudraksha and gold-bead necklaces; this is an appearance-based candidate for a person, with the turban, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklaces as cues. To his left, a bare-chested young man in a white dhoti wears a rudraksha garland and gold necklace, with a beaded armlet. Around them, sadhus and devotees wear orange and saffron robes, a man in a white shirt holds a phone, and an older bearded man in orange stands at right.2015-09-11Indoor photo in a plain room with pale walls and a framed deity picture garlanded with marigolds on the back wall. At centre, a smiling man in a red-brown turban and a red-brown robe with a gold border wears layered beaded malas and gold necklaces, with a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him on the left, a younger man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces looks down. To the right, a bearded man in an orange kurta and a white-bearded man in a white shirt stand among a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus, turbaned men and onlookers. A woman in a blue and yellow patterned blouse stands at left. Several visible people fill the frame and the appearance-based label is uncertain, so the central figure is described by role only.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20152015-09-20September 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesDecember 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of a courtyard with white arcaded balconies, where a group walks across the tiled floor. In the centre, a man in a red-orange turban, rust-coloured robes and a beaded mala stands with a bare-armed companion. To the left, a bearded man in saffron robes presses his palms together. On the right, a bald man in rust robes and a gold-bead necklace gestures, and a man in a yellow shawl and a garland of marigolds gestures toward them. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold pendant and gold chain walks at left-centre. Several onlookers stand in the background above on the balcony.2015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus descending steps at the Kumbh Mela. In the centre, a smiling man wears a rust-orange turban, an orange-and-gold wrap and a heavy gold and rudraksha necklace, with red tilak on his forehead. Flanking him, two men in white dhotis with gold borders wear layered rudraksha malas and gold pendants, and a bald man in orange with gold garlands walks beside them. Behind them, numerous bearded sadhus in orange, pink and red robes and turbans crowd the stairway. Appearance-based label: a person, wearing a turban, rudraksha and gold necklace, though the face is not used for identification.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11A crowded indoor camp hall with a blue floor and white walls, decorated with a large painted mural of deities and an Om symbol behind. In the centre, a smiling man wears a red-orange turban, a rust-coloured robe and layered rudraksha and gold-bead malas, standing among other people. To the left, a man in white with a white tilak on his forehead and a red-beaded mala looks down. To the right, a bald priest in saffron-coloured cloth wears glasses and a gold-bead necklace. Behind them, devotees in orange and white clothing and a bearded man in glasses fill the space, with phones held up by onlookers at the edges.2015-09-15