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A photo taken outdoors on a rough dirt path beside a green field with rows of stakes. A person in an orange robe with an orange head wrap crouches on the earth, holding a metal cup or tin, barefoot. Another person in orange clothing stands at the top edge of the frame. Large grey stones, a concrete drainage pipe and scattered weeds lie along the path. The page describes a Kumbh Mela camp visit, but no event setting is visible in this image.

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September 15 20152015-09-15A photograph of people working outdoors on reddish-brown tilled soil beneath a leafy tree canopy. In the foreground, a figure in an orange robe and orange trousers bends forward, reaching toward a thin branch with both hands. A second person in orange stands at left holding a long wooden stick, with sandals on the bare ground, and another person in white clothing is partly visible at the far left. Small seedlings sprout from the freshly dug earth, and dappled sunlight falls across the scene.2016-09-18A person in an orange saffron robe kneels in reddish-brown soil, planting a young sapling with green leaves. The person has long, dark, swept-back hair, a red tilak on the forehead, and wears a long rudraksha mala of dark beads. Beside them, another person in orange robes and a red-maroon top sits with a brass bowl of yellow-coloured offerings. Other people in orange and white clothing stand and kneel around the planting, and a white-clad man on the right holds his hands together. The scene suggests a tree-planting ceremony outdoors.2012-04-02Outdoor photo of a long-haired figure in an orange robe and a black rudraksha mala kneeling on bare brown soil, carefully setting a young sapling with broad green leaves into the ground with the right hand. A forehead marking is visible. Behind and to the right, a woman in an orange sari with a maroon top and a gold necklace holds a brass plate of yellow rice, and a man in a white shirt with glasses stands at the edge. Other orange-clad people stand in the background.2012-04-02A photograph of a barefoot-looking figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe walking down a rocky, reddish-brown dirt slope, holding a long wooden staff in the right hand. The robe is draped over one shoulder, leaving the upper body partly bare, and the person has long dark hair swept back. A second figure in orange robes stands at the far left edge of the frame on the slope. Scattered grey boulders and loose soil surround the path, and the light suggests dusk. a person appearance cues are long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, but the figure is not clearly identifiable, so the candidate is uncertain.2006-09-21August 16 20092009-08-16September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo of a group digging soil under a large tree. In the centre, a bald man in orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a bangle digs with a long-handled spade. Beside him, a woman in orange sari and another woman in orange carry or hold sand in a shallow tray. On the left, a woman in red sari stands near the pit. Behind them, several people in orange, red and dark clothes watch, including a bearded man in a red shirt and white shorts. Sandy earth, roots and green foliage surround the site.2016-09-11A photo of an outdoor ground-breaking ritual at an ashram site. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha-style mala with a pendant, stands over a freshly dug pit in red soil and gestures with both hands above a small potted sapling. Scattered flower petals lie on the earth around the pit. To the right, a younger man in orange robes and a flower garland holds a white-cloth-covered tray. Two more monastics in orange stand at left, and a figure in orange and a few white-clad people appear in the background among green trees, with a white signboard at right.2008-04-19A photograph of an outdoor ground-breaking or planting ritual on bare reddish soil. A figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe, with long dark hair, bends forward at the waist and presses a young green coconut palm sapling into the earth, bare feet planted in the sand. Beside them stand several men in white dhotis and white kurtas, some wearing orange-and-white lanyards and rudraksha malas, one holding a silver puja vessel with a small brass dish. Women in orange and red saris stand in the background near a blue bucket, behind a boundary wall and palm trees under an overcast sky. Around ten to twenty people are visible.2009-08-16September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoors on bare red-brown earth in front of a grey concrete-block wall, a man in a bright orange turban and orange robe stands upright, holding a long wooden staff in one hand and a rudraksha mala hanging on his chest. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and white kurta with an orange shawl kneels and bends low to tend a small green seedling planted in the soil. A long wooden rod leans against the wall behind them. The scene reads as a planting or tree-tending activity at a rural site.