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May 11 20162016-05-11 +1 copiesMarch 20 20142014-03-20November 16 20152015-11-16Photograph of a temple courtyard with a wet stone floor and a metal railing at left. A central figure wears a deep red turban with a yellow mark, a maroon-red robe with gold-yellow borders, a dense gold-bead mala and a large gold pendant. Beside him, a figure in an orange-saffron shawl and rudraksha malas walks with a bare-headed monk in orange. To the left, a man in white ritual cloth with a gold-bordered sash and gold necklaces stands with hands extended. Other devotees in orange and red garments and pink saris move in the background, and a few more people are visible behind the railing.2015-09-16Photograph of an evening outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela event. A central man in a rust-orange turban and rust-orange robe, wearing a heavy gold necklace, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, a bald man in a rust robe and rudraksha mala looks on, and devotees in white kurtas and orange shawls raise their hands. Large orange ceremonial umbrellas with fringed edges and a gilded temple-style canopy appear in the background under evening lights.2016-04-24September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesMay 11 20162016-05-11Outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela-style camp with saffron-robed sadhus. A central man in a deep maroon turban and maroon-and-gold draped cloth wears layered rudraksha malas, heavy ceremonial gold necklaces and gold bangles, and holds his hands together at his chest in greeting. Beside him a younger man in white dhoti with a maroon sash and gold garland walks with a visible vibhuti forehead mark. To the left, a sadhu in maroon-and-gold robes with a trident (trishula) and garlands looks upward. A man in a grey shirt and dark trousers with an ID badge walks among them. Behind them, red-and-white canopy tent walls display painted deity murtis.2015-09-15November 16 20152015-11-16Outdoor photo at a crowded Indian street or temple-area event at dusk. In the foreground, a person in a red-maroon head wrap and maroon robe with a large gold ceremonial necklace and gold bangles stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling. Beside them, a saffron-robed man with a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch holds folded orange cloth. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in orange and gold-bordered cloth and a white-clad elder with a purple-bordered shawl stand among onlookers. A trident and a white domed structure are visible in the background, with bare trees and strings of wires overhead. Flower offerings and a brass tray sit at lower left. a person is identified by the long-hair-free but adorned presentation of the foreground figure: a ceremonial gold necklace, maroon robes and a red head wrap, with the appearance uncertain.2014-03-20November 19 20152015-11-19November 16 20152015-11-16