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A uniformed police officer in khaki with a dark cap stands at the center of a crowded nighttime street scene, holding a wooden staff and the reins of a dark horse with a white blaze. Around him, a bearded sadhu with long white hair and a white beard wears a saffron-orange turban beside a parked car marked PRESS. Men in white kurtas and shirts stand behind a row of colourful cloth banners and a red banner. Several bare-chested men and a figure with a painted forehead are visible at the right edge near the horse. A parked vehicle in the foreground has lettering on its rear window in Gujarati script.

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May 09th 20162016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09Night street procession with a dense crowd of devotees lining and following a road. Several uniformed police officers ride brown horses in the foreground; the rider on the right wears a dark cap and khaki uniform and gestures with one hand, and another rider in a light uniform and cap is beside him. Devotees in white, pink, purple and blue saris and kurtas walk along the sides, and a man in a white shirt with an orange turban is visible among them. A white van and a vehicle with a roof light move behind the crowd. A large multicolour parasol-like umbrella occupies the bottom edge, and a banner with a portrait of a saint-like figure in orange hangs at top right.2016-05-09Night street scene of a large crowd walking along a road lined with vans and vehicles. Three mounted police officers in khaki uniforms and dark caps lead the way on brown horses, the foremost holding a long stick. Behind and beside them, many people in white, pastel and colourful clothes walk, with an orange and a multicoloured umbrella in the foreground. Vehicles and shopfronts line the street.2016-05-09Night scene at a festival site with two uniformed police officers mounted on brown horses, wearing khaki uniforms and dark caps, one holding a long lance-like staff. Behind them stands a red banner with rows of circular portrait photographs of several bearded and turbaned men, with a printed text block. A string of white and yellow fairy lights hangs above a tent and a fence of printed flags. Several people in casual clothes stand near the horses on a dusty ground.2016-05-21A night photograph of mounted police on horseback at a Kumbh Mela area in an orange-lit haze. Two uniformed officers in khaki with peaked caps sit on brown and white horses in the foreground, one with arms folded. Behind them more riders and pilgrims wrapped in shawls walk along a dusty road under sodium street lamps. A white van stands at left beside a large painted hoarding, and a tall wooden lookout tower with a banner is visible at right. Visible people are many, but fewer than fifty are clearly distinguishable.2013-02-10Dusk scene at a Kumbh Mela crowd with a mounted police officer in dark uniform and cap on a dark horse at left. Behind him, a large bamboo-scaffolded hoarding shows a smiling bearded man in orange-red turban and saffron garment, with Hindi text, labelled as a banner; the face depiction is a printed poster, not a physical presence. At right, several men in white head cloths and white shawls stand in a crowd, one holding a small object in his hands. The sky is warm orange-brown with silhouetted figures.2013-02-10May 09th 20162016-05-09Crowded street procession at a Kumbh Mela. A uniformed policeman in khaki with a peaked cap and glasses sits on a black Hero motorcycle, hands on the handlebars, and looks ahead. Beside him, a second officer in khaki with a dark cap and a sergeant's chevron on his sleeve stands and watches the crowd. Other khaki-uniformed police stand behind them. On the left, a man with a yellow-smeared forehead wears a white dhoti and shawl. A large saffron-orange flag hangs on a pole, and a man in an orange cloth stands nearby.2016-04-22A night scene at a festival ground lit by strings of warm bulbs and illuminated LED panels with floral and geometric patterns. Two uniformed police officers in dark caps sit on horses in the foreground, one holding a long stick, while several uniformed security personnel in camouflage and khaki stand along the path. Behind them, robed people in saffron, orange and yellow garments walk past striped canopy tents, and pink paper lanterns hang from the poles. A banner with Devanagari lettering stretches across the top.2016-05-21