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Outdoor scene at a Kumbh-style gathering: a small pink-and-orange temple structure with a tiered kalasha-topped spire stands behind a metal barricade. A large banner on its facade shows painted deities and reads a Hindi title. Red flags on tall poles stand at right, and blue ceremonial umbrellas are set up near the crowd. Many people in mixed clothing move around the barricade and a tall wooden pole with a hanging strand. Bare trees and a pale sky frame the scene.

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April 18 20162016-04-18May 09th 20162016-05-09A street scene at a temple-lined roadside in Ujjain, with a pink-walled shrine topped by a sikhara and a large banner painted with deity imagery on its facade. Along the right, several men hold tall red flags with a cow-emblem design, and people in white and light clothing walk past metal barricades. On the left, a large printed banner advertises the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela with dates in Hindi. A tall pole with dangling cloth and marigold-like decorations rises beside the shrine under a pale sky. Several dozen people are visible in the crowd.2016-04-18A large pink temple-like structure with a tiered shikhara-style spire and a bright pink facade decorated with string lights and circular motifs stands at dusk in an outdoor crowd. A painted banner on the upper facade shows a figure of a deity murti. In front, many people in orange and white clothes stand among red and saffron flags on poles, and a decorated umbrella with a red and blue canopy, painted with a shivling and other motifs, stands at left. A man in an orange-and-red shawl walks near the umbrella while a pink mural sits behind them. Tents and trees line the background under a pale blue sky.2016-05-09A large crowd of men and some women walks through a salmon-pink temple-style gateway with a tiered domed tower topped by a kalasha. A long red flag streams from a pole at right, and a pole with a fringed cloth hangs at upper right. Blue banners on the gate show deity images and a Sanskrit-style banner reads Shri Panchayati Akhada, with side banners reading Swagat Vandan Abhinandan. Some people wear white kurtas and orange or saffron cloth, and police in khaki stand in the crowd. Bright daylight, bare trees and a bus are visible behind the gate.2016-04-18A photograph of a pink-and-terracotta ceremonial gateway with a tiered pyramidal top, decorated with a large blue banner showing deity murti and a figure labelled in Hindi script. Crowds of people in front of the gate, including uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps, and devotees in saffron and orange clothing. Tall red and orange flags hang from poles on the right, along with marigold garlands. Two tall side banners show a saffron-robed sadhu figure wearing a red turban. A yellow metal barrier fence runs along the left, and bare trees and blue sky frame the scene.2016-04-18A pink-and-orange ceremonial gateway with a tiered spire stands at an outdoor festival site, framed by red flags on poles and a bare tree. A large blue banner on the gate shows a painted deity figure with a crescent-topped head, above a line of seated figures and a ritual vessel. Below, a blue banner shows a man in red and orange robes with a turban and staff, beside the words for welcome and felicitation. Crowds of men in white kurtas, saffron and orange garments, and mixed clothing walk toward and through the gate, with some holding flags. Overhead lines and trucks appear at the edges.2016-04-18A pink-painted temple-like structure with a tiered sikhara-style roof stands at a street junction. A large blue banner on its façade shows Shiva with matted hair and a crescent, beside figures in a boat and a seated sage, captioned in Hindi as Shri Panchayati Shri Anand Akhada Mahanirvani. Below, a smaller blue banner shows a turbaned figure in red robes with a child, labelled as a welcome and honour banner. A red flag flutters at right and a sign reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda on a stall. No people are clearly visible in front of the structure beyond small partial figures at the lower edge.2016-04-18A pink-and-orange ornamental gateway with a tiered spire stands at a crowded outdoor site under a pale blue sky with wispy clouds and bare trees. Its arch carries a large blue banner depicting a deity and seated saints, and side banners show robed figures in orange and red. In the foreground, red cloth streamers and marigold-like garlands hang from a pole, and a crowd of people in white, orange and saffron clothing, plus uniformed police in khaki, moves through a barricaded area. A metal barrier fence runs along the left edge.2016-04-18A photograph of a salmon-pink temple-style gateway at a crowded outdoor event, with a tiered shikhara-like roof topped by a finial. A large blue banner on the arch shows Shiva-like deity figures and a seated figure with a painted river scene. Two blue side panels flank the entrance, each with a painted saffron-robed figure holding a staff and welcome text. Red flags flutter at right, and marigold garlands hang from the frame. A dense crowd of men in white shirts and some in red turbans or saffron clothing presses toward the gate, and a yellow metal barrier stands at left. No individual is clearly identifiable as the presenter.2016-04-18A crowd gathers outside a pink temple-style gateway at a Kumbh Mela procession. A large banner on the building shows a blue-skinned Shiva with a trident and a seated figure. A tall banner on the left shows a man in red and saffron robes with an orange turban and rudraksha beads, beside a blue sunburst background. Many devotees in white and orange clothing walk among colourful yellow, red and multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas. On the right, a golden palanquin with an ornate canopy carries a seated figure, and attendants stand beside it. Red flags fly over the crowd under a bare tree.2016-04-22A dense outdoor procession moves through a crowded open street with a pink temple tower behind it. Red flags with a yellow-and-orange emblem wave overhead, and a blue canopy is held over a palanquin-style carried shrine on poles. Many devotees in white clothes and saffron or orange garments press close, some with hands folded in prayer. A man in a white shirt and red shawl stands at right, and a man in a saffron cloth and gold necklace is among the crowd. Parked vehicles, tents and bare trees line the background under a pale sky.2016-04-18