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A seated man wearing a white kurta and white dhoti is blindfolded with a red-orange cloth printed with repeating a person script and the word Nithyanandam. He holds a small white index card up near his eyes with his right hand, which wears a ring and a wristwatch. A red-and-orange lanyard printed Kumbh Mela hangs around his neck with a small pendant. Behind him, other people in white clothes and red cloths sit on colourful woven mats. The scene reads as a blindfold card-reading demonstration.

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September 16 20152015-09-16A woman sits with a red-orange cloth wrapped across her eyes as a blindfold, printed with repeated a person and Sanskrit-style script motifs. She wears a white embroidered kurta and a red-and-white Kumbh Mela lanyard, and her hands are cupped together holding a folded white paper to her face in a blindfold-reading demonstration. Bangles and a ring are visible on her hands; other seated people's clothing appears at the edges.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a man seated on a striped rug with his head turned away, wearing a blindfold made from an orange-red cloth printed with black script that also wraps over his shoulders. He wears a white garment and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds up a small white paper card with the handwritten word KUMBH in black marker. Behind him, another person in white clothes sits on the floor, and a green rug bears the word NITHYA in red lettering.2015-09-16 +1 copiesA photograph inside a hall where a seated woman wears a white blindfold over her eyes and holds a folded white card in her right hand. She wears a white top with a red and orange patterned shawl, an orange Kumbh Mela lanyard, a red bead necklace and a black bangle. Beside her, another woman in white with a red blindfold and a red patterned shawl sits on a mat. Behind them, more participants in white and red-orange shawls sit on colourful mats, and a gilded deity murti or ornament is visible at the top.2015-09-19A woman sits on a red and patterned floor mat wearing a red blindfold printed with repeated 'Om' syllables, with a matching red-orange shawl draped over her head and shoulders. She wears a floral white and pink blouse with a red-and-gold trimmed sleeve, a black beaded mala, a red thread, a rudraksha-style bracelet, pearl earrings and an orange lanyard reading Kumbh Mela. She holds a folded white paper in one hand while appearing to read it blindfolded, as in a blindfold reading demonstration. Behind her, a man in white sits on the mat, and cushions and bags are visible. No a person candidate is visible.2015-09-16 +1 copiesCrowded nighttime scene at the Kumbh Mela. In the foreground, a young woman in a white top printed with blue flowers, wearing a red-and-orange Kumbh Mela lanyard and a rudraksha mala, holds a blank white card before her eyes while a red cloth with printed text is tied over her eyes as a blindfold. To the left, a bearded man has a red-orange cloth with printed text bound over his eyes and holds a white card, and another blindfolded person in white and orange clothing stands beside him. Other devotees in red and orange robes and saris crowd the background.2015-09-15September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20162016-02-10 +2 copiesA woman seated in the foreground wears a saffron-orange cloth blindfold printed with repeating script, tied in a bow at the back of her head, and holds a folded white paper in her raised right hand. She wears a yellow blouse, a cream sari with a dark beaded necklace, a red-brown bangle, and a white vibhuti mark on her forehead. Behind her, other seated participants in white clothes and saffron blindfolds sit in a hall with a colourful altar lit in pink and red.2015-09-19A shaved-head man in a black blindfold holds up a white card with handwritten blue ink reading MUDRA, touching his temple with his other hand. He wears a long string of rudraksha beads over bare shoulders and a saffron-orange shawl printed with Sanskrit text, plus a red thread on his wrist and a metal watch. Seated people in white clothes and orange shawls fill the background.2015-07-16A man in a crowded outdoor gathering wears a saffron-orange cloth blindfold printed with small black symbols tied over his eyes. He wears a white kurta, several rudraksha malas around his neck, a rudraksha bracelet and beaded wrist bands on his right hand, and holds up a blank white sheet of paper. Behind him a large blurred audience of many people in mixed clothing fills the frame, with saffron and white garments visible among them.2016-12-06