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A photograph inside a large hall with a polished floor, where a standing woman in a white sari with a red shawl and a lanyard looks down at a clipboard held by a blindfolded young woman in a white sari with a red shawl, seated on a patterned red floor cloth. Two seated sadhus with long matted hair, one with ash-marked body and red tilak, the other bare-chested with a red tilak and rudraksha-style beads, sit nearby. Behind them an older man with a white turban and beard reclines on an orange cushion. Background includes a red chair, a folded straw mat, a draped table, stacked wooden boards and a painted stage backdrop with colorful floral motifs and red curtains. Visible people: five.

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September 18 20152015-09-18September 18 20152015-09-18 +1 copiesA photograph inside an orange-walled tent with a red floor and orange pillars. Several seated sadhus in saffron and white robes sit on white-covered benches; one man in a saffron robe with a beaded mala and orange turban holds a clipboard, while a person in a white dhoti and a woman in a red-bordered sari stand at right. A man in white kurta with a red turban sits in the foreground. Behind them a poster shows a bearded figure in white beside Hindi text. Orange banners and a speaker are visible at upper right. No visible candidate is confidently identified as a person by appearance, so the seated figures are described by role only.2015-09-11Indoor photo inside a tent with a red-and-white carpet and metal bed frame. A seated man in a white kurta and dark vest, with a tilak on his forehead, writes in a notebook on a red floral cushion. Beside him a bearded man with long hair, a white turban and an ochre tilak sits with a white vest and white dhoti, a yellow shawl over his lap. In the foreground a woman in white with a red-and-saffron beaded mala and garland sits facing the group. A brass vessel sits on the carpet and a second person's head is partly visible at lower right. Several men in white and a man in a dark vest with a lanyard stand or sit at the edges.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesA photograph inside a pink and white tent camp, with a shrine on the right decorated with orange and yellow cloth, a small deity image and a hanging lamp. Several men sit on blue tarpaulin on the ground. A bearded man in a yellow-orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace smiles while seated beside a man in white kurta. Standing on the left are sadhus with bare chests, white dhotis and long grey hair, one wearing a sacred thread. Other seated devotees wear pink, white and yellow clothing.2015-09-16 +1 copiesPhotograph of a seated group of sadhus in an indoor hall with pale walls, a framed photo collage above, a fire extinguisher and a wooden door behind them. In the centre, a man with long dreadlocks and grey-ash body paint wears a pale orange dhoti, a heavy white beaded necklace and bangles, and holds a clipboard while seated on a red-cushioned chair. Around him, several men wear saffron-orange robes and turbans, some with long white beards and grey ash smeared on their faces and chests. A bare-chested man in a red loincloth sits cross-legged with a white beaded necklace, and a woman in the foreground wears red beads and a dark head covering. A man in white with a mala sits at far right.2017-10-03September 15 20162016-09-15 +1 copiesJune 26 20172017-06-26September 11 20152015-09-11A candid photograph inside a blue-tarpaulin tent decorated with a string of small triangular bunting flags. A woman in white with red-framed glasses, a red-thread garland and a red bindi holds a clipboard toward a bare-chested, grey-bearded sadhu wearing layered red, yellow and white beaded malas and a red dhoti. He raises one hand in a gesture of greeting. Beside them a woman in a white sari wears a blindfold with a white band across her eyes, and another woman in white with a bindi and a lanyard stands nearby. A bearded man in a white turban and a younger bearded man in white cloth stand at the right edge. A poster of colourful images hangs on the left wall.2015-09-11