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A 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.

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September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +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.2015-09-19Crowded 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.2015-09-15A 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 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.2015-09-16A woman sits on a floor mat wearing a red blindfold tied over her eyes, with a red scarf draped over her shoulders. She wears a white top with red trim and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holds a white paper in one hand while gesturing with the other fingers. Behind her another woman in a white garment with gold border and red waist cloth sits, and people in red and white clothing are partly visible at the edges of a dim tent-like setting. The red blindfold bears small printed script.2015-09-15A 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.2015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15Photo of a seated group of devotees during a blindfolded reading exercise in a hall with ornate gold and white deity murtis and shrines behind them. In the foreground, a young woman in a blue-and-white patterned top with an orange lanyard holds a folded white card up near her face, her eyes covered by a red cloth printed with script. Beside her, another woman in a white top with gold bangles presses her hand to her forehead while holding a white slip, also blindfolded with red cloth. Behind them, more participants wear white clothes and red blindfolds, some with their faces covered, sitting on colourful striped mats. The scene conveys a blindfolded reading session with participants reading cards by touch or intuition.2015-09-19