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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, lit by warm lamps and coloured lights. Two sadhus ride white horses decorated with red pompoms, gold harness and marigold garlands. The rider in front, with long matted hair, raises his arms and holds a tall saffron flag on a pole. The rider behind wears marigold garlands and a white bare-chested appearance with adornments. Saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in orange and white walk alongside, and a drummer plays a large drum. Behind them stands an illuminated gate with a painted banner and sign reading 'Swagat' (welcome), and a large backdrop shows deities and sacred figures. No a person candidate is claimed by the page, so roles are given instead of identity.

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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event in front of an illuminated gateway topped with a lit trident and glowing neon Om-like symbols, decorated with pink and blue lights. Two white horses with ornate golden-red harnesses and tassels stand in the centre. On the left, a sadhu in white with long dark hair and a flower garland raises one hand; on the right, a sadhu with long hair and a green-white garland sits on the second horse. Beside them, a man in a golden-yellow kurta leads a horse, and a drummer in a multicoloured jacket plays a large drum. Orange-robed sadhus and onlookers crowd the foreground, and police officers stand near the left edge. A banner with Hindi text is visible on the gateway.2016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21Night photograph of a festival procession at a Kumbh Mela camp. A sadhu with long matted hair and a garland of orange-yellow flowers rides a white horse, holding a long flag, while a drum hangs at its side. A man in a multicoloured jacket leads the horse by its bridle. Behind them, a brightly lit pink and magenta shrine-like structure with trident and Shiva-symbol lights and a decorated tent stands against a dark blue sky. Other ascetics in saffron and white robes and bare-chested sadhus with red loincloths watch from the crowd.2016-05-21Night procession at a Kumbh Mela site in front of a brightly lit, multi-tiered gateway decorated with lights and a large banner. Two sadhus ride white horses with ornate silver and red saddle trappings; the rider on the left, bare-chested with ash-smeared body, long matted hair, rudraksha malas and white flower garlands, raises his arm while holding a tall red-and-orange flag. The second rider, also bare-chested with long hair and garlands, sits on the right horse. A drummer in a beige kurta and a boy in a striped shawl walk beside the horses. Saffron-robed sadhus and uniformed police line the street, and a banner reading Swagat Vandan Abhinandan welcomes the procession.2016-05-21Night procession at a brightly lit temple-style pavilion decorated with pink and blue neon lights and illuminated sacred symbols. In the foreground a bare-chested sadhu with long matted hair and a flower garland sits astride a white horse holding a drum, while another white horse with a red-and-gold saddle cloth and an orange flag stands beside him. Several other ascetics in orange and white cloth walk nearby, and police in khaki uniforms line the street. Crowds of devotees and attendants surround the procession.2016-05-21Kailasa Paramparagatha Atal Peetham +1 copiesMay 21 20162016-05-21A photograph of a sadhu riding a white horse in a procession at a Kumbh Mela setting under bright sunlight. The rider has a bare torso, long matted hair and a beard, wears a marigold flower crown and orange-yellow marigold garlands, and holds a drum-like metal rod in one hand. Beside the horse, a man in saffron-orange robes with a long white beard looks upward, and a handler in dark clothing steadies the horse's bridle. Behind them stand orange-robed sadhus and devotees. A pink-orange temple gateway with painted deity panels and a blue banner reading a welcome message in Hindi frames the scene, along with a decorated palanquin-like chariot with garlands at the right edge.2016-04-22Night procession at a Kumbh-style camp entrance under a pink canopy strung with lights. A sadhu with long matted hair, a rudraksha mala and a flower garland rides a white horse decorated with a red-and-gold bridle and a cloth reading 'Jai Bhole' area; a second long-haired sadhu walks beside, also garlanded. Around them, saffron-robed and white-clad men and older bearded ascetics crowd the path, a drummer beats a drum at right, and a painted welcome board on the left shows a bearded man in red and orange robes and a turban beside a banner reading 'Swagat Vandan Abhinandan'. Lit saffron and orange flags and marigold garlands fill the scene.2016-05-21Night photograph of a procession on a dark road with metal crowd barriers. Two ash-smeared naked sadhus ride white and pink horses, each wearing yellow marigold garlands; the rider on the left raises both arms, and the rider on the right sits with long matted hair and a white beard. Nearby, a man in a white kurta and a man in a white shirt walk alongside, one wearing a red shawl. Saffron-robed sadhus and bystanders stand behind the barrier, and a man in the lower left has white tilak markings. A pink-draped horse and a small illuminated structure appear in the background.2015-09-15May 09th 20162016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21