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A graphic page of five photographs captioned September 2006 with a paragraph describing a peace confluence at Irvine, California. Top left: a parade behind a banner reading Ekatvam Foundation, with a framed deity image garlanded with marigolds carried by a man in shorts and a white-clad woman. Top right: a Kumbh Mela banner with a portrait and text, held beside a man in a blue shirt and a person in cream robes. Centre: a seated group under a canopy, including a man in white robes, a man in saffron-orange robes, and a bearded man in orange robes with a folded paper, plus a seated man in cream clothes. Bottom left: framed portraits carried in procession under flower garlands. Bottom right: a procession with a red-and-gold ratha and a banner reading The Hare Krishna Movement, with a man in orange robes. The people shown are in photographs, so no physical people are counted here.2021-09-21Graphic slide titled "Confluences for World Peace offered by SKUN for Global Peace and Religious Harmony" with bulleted text on Kumbh Mela, confluences and a 2008 launch, plus several photographs. Top right panel shows a "Global Foundation For Civilizational Harmony (India)" launch function with a dais and seated saffron-robed figures, one holding a sceptre-like staff. Lower right photo shows an orange-robed figure with long hair placing sweets and garlands on white-capped men during Ujjain Kumbh Mela, captioned 2016. Bottom strip shows a 1st USA Hindu Sangam Kumbha Mela newspaper clipping and a procession of people in saffron, white and orange garments carrying banners. Bottom-right banner-like portrait shows a smiling figure in orange turban and robe.2023-01-03September 10 20062006-09-10A decorated float in an outdoor parking lot for the first Kumbh Mela in USA procession. A man in a blue t-shirt and white trousers walks beside the float, guiding it with one hand on a white draped side. The float has a multicoloured fringed canopy and a gold deity-like figure with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. Orange flags on poles flank the float. A large banner reads First ever Kumbh Mela in USA with a portrait of a man in white robes labelled Nithyananda. Another man in blue stands behind the float, with trees and a blue car in the background.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor photo of a decorated float in a procession at the first Kumbh Mela in USA, September 2006. A golden deity murti sits on a throne-like seat draped with yellow, red and green marigold garlands, flanked by white flower decorations. Two men in white clothes stand at the float: a man on the left in a white kurta, and a bearded man on the right in a white t-shirt wearing a pendant necklace. A white and red fringed umbrella rises behind, and orange-red flags line the float. Large banners on the float's sides advertise the event with a photo of a man in a white turban. Trees and blue sky fill the background. A small banner on the right reads Guru with a portrait.2006-09-10Outdoor street procession at the first Kumbh Mela in the USA, September 2006, on a sunny day with trees and palms. A white fringed canopy with red trim and an orange-and-white flag float above the crowd. Women in saris lead the walk: one in a red-and-maroon sari, one in a cream and white sari, one in a peach sari with a straw hat, and a woman in a blue top and white scarf waving a white flag. Behind them a banner reads 'First ever Kumbh Mela 2006 at Bren Event Center', and a placard with a guru image is raised above orange flags. Marchers carry orange and white flags, flower garlands and a deity murti on a float.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Article - Third Eye Awakening Demonstration by Nithyananda Gurukul Takes the Kumbh by Storm