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February 15 20132013-02-15February 12 20132013-02-12Photo 11680197Photo 11744184 +1 copiesA photograph of an ornate, brightly painted temple-style gateway at a riverside festival site, with a pale grey sky and a steel truss bridge behind it. The tiered gopuram-like facade is decorated with painted deities and figures in blue, red, yellow and white. Below the arch, a painted panel shows a row of standing deity figures, and a rectangular sign reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeeth. An orange cloth canopy hangs over the open entrance, flanked by grey painted walls. In front, several people walk past in shawls and saris, including a woman in yellow and a figure in a brown wrap, while a white car is parked at right. A thatched hut and a wooden cart stand at left beside a small portrait banner.2013-02-05February 11 20132013-02-11Outdoor scene at a busy Kumbh Mela-style festival area under clear blue sky, with a steel railway truss bridge on a brick pier at left. Crowds walk along a paved path. Many devotees wear saffron and orange robes; a few sadhus in orange with shaved heads walk among them. Several women carry large bundles of bedding and cloth on their heads, one in orange sari and another in a red shawl. A bright orange canopy and a temple-style entrance with a colourful gopuram topped with figures stand at right, its signboard reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha beside a portrait. Large billboards with printed images line the background. a person is not clearly visible among the people here.2013-02-09February 05 20132013-02-05February 11 20132013-02-11Night photo of a decorated temple-style gateway with a painted arch depicting multiple deities in a band above, and a banner reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeth" with a portrait labelled in Hindi. Through the gateway a crowd of devotees in white and orange moves along a path toward an illuminated shrine with a golden deity murti. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and gold bangles, seen from behind, and a fringed colourful umbrella stands at the left edge. Bright lights and a tall wooden framework surround the entrance.2013-02-12Outdoor festival scene at a temple-style stage with a painted gopuram and a mural of deities, with a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeeth. A flower-garlanded palanquin with a golden canopy and tassels, draped in marigold strands, sits in front of the stage on a tractor-towed platform. Nearby a large portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda shows a smiling man with long hair wearing a red garment and beads. Crowds of men and women in saffron, orange, yellow saris, cream kurtas and turbans walk and stand along the dusty ground under a hazy sky, with speakers and a tent visible at the sides.2013-02-12A procession of naked ascetics (sadhus) walks along a dusty road at a Kumbh Mela site, many wearing marigold garlands on their necks and shoulders, with orange and yellow marigold strands across their bodies and head wreaths. Several have long white beards and matted or hair-covered heads, and ash-smeared skin. Behind them, a pink-orange temple gateway stands under a banner depicting deities and a river scene, with the inscription in Devanagari reading Shri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani. Spectators in saffron and colourful saris line the route, and some hold cameras. Flags in red and white are visible at the right.2016-04-22