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September 12 20162016-09-12September 12 20162016-09-12A photograph of a large outdoor banner at a Kumbh Mela site in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, with Hindi text announcing a welcome to Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani sadhus and devotees. The banner shows a mass bathing scene in the water and four small portrait photos of saints in saffron and red robes. In the foreground, an elderly bearded man with long white hair, wearing a plain white dhoti and shawl, stands with his back partly to the camera, looking at the banner behind a bamboo and wire fence. A yellow metal barrier and tree are visible. No figure on the banner is identified as a person, and the figure in the foreground is shown from behind and is not identifiable.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10February 10 20132013-02-10September 16 20152015-09-16 +2 copiesInterior of a decorated tent with white and red draped fabric and a circular ornamental canopy overhead. Three large printed banners hang on the back wall: a Tamil-language banner with a portrait of a figure in orange robes and a lingam-consecration advertisement, a central Kumbh Mela Yatra 2010 poster with a portrait of a figure in orange and a trident emblem, and a banner at right with an illustration of a tall temple and a small portrait. Two blue plastic chairs stand on a dirt floor beside a water bottle, a brown paper bag and scattered papers. No people are visible.2010-01-09A yellow and orange canvas tent entrance at a Kumbh Mela camp, framed by large printed banners. A banner reads Shri Shambhu Panch Dashnam Akhara 13 Madhi, with a portrait on the left and a portrait on the right. Left and right tall posters show saffron-robed sadhus with rudraksha malas, one holding up a hand in blessing. A central yellow banner in Hindi shows a photo of devotees pulling a cart by rope. Inside the tent entrance, a seated man in orange cloth sits on a mat near offerings and a red cloth. Striped tarpaulins and a small green plant surround the entrance, with a red car parked at right.2013-02-11February 10 20132013-02-10September 15 20162016-09-15Aerial photograph of the Maha Kumbh Mela camp-city at Prayagraj, showing dense rows of white and grey tents, thatched pavilions and colourful canopies spread across open ground. A large red-and-blue tented hall in the foreground has a yellow banner reading Bhuma Niketan Shivir. A steel bridge and a red temple-like gateway appear in the background beside a railway line, with many small crowds visible in the distance. Vehicles, flags and clothing lines fill the scene. No individual person can be clearly identified, and no candidate for a person is visible.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10