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Outdoor festival crowd at a Kumbh Mela procession on a sunny day, with many people raising hands and phones. A uniformed police officer in a khaki-brown uniform and dark blue cap stands in the foreground. Beside him a young man wears a white dhoti with a gold-coloured beaded garland and a white forehead band. Other men wear white turbans and striped shirts, and a woman in a pink sari with a headscarf stands among devotees. Behind them are large painted banners and hoardings in red, purple and yellow with religious imagery, red and yellow canopy tents, and trees overhead.

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A photograph of a dense outdoor procession crowd. Police officers in khaki uniforms with caps and lanyards stand among saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in orange and white clothes, many raising hands in greeting or holding up mobile phones. On the left, long white and yellow flower garlands hang from a shelter, and a green canopy umbrella is visible. On the right, a decorated float or palanquin is adorned with blue and white flowers, and a bare-chested man with garlands stands near the front. Trees and flags in orange and yellow line the street behind.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09A dense crowd presses around a decorated green tractor-trolley procession in a festival street. On the trolley, a deity murti or saint figure sits under a floral-decorated canopy in a golden palanquin-style shrine, with garlands hanging around it. Several men in white dhoti-kurta and saffron clothing walk alongside, one wearing a rudraksha-style garland. Many devotees in orange, saffron and yellow turbans and clothing raise their hands and phones, while a uniformed policeman in khaki guides the path. A large red flag and a red banner bearing a portrait of a turbaned man in orange are visible. Behind is a gate with painted banners, tents and pink temple structures.2016-05-21February 12 20132013-02-12A dense street procession at the Kumbh Mela, with a large crowd moving under tall trees. Many colourful parasols dominate the scene, including yellow, blue, pink and green canopies with fringed edges, carried above the crowd. Red and orange flags rise among them. A uniformed police officer in khaki with a dark cap stands in the left foreground, and devotees in white, saffron and red garments walk through. Men in turbans and women in headscarves press close together, several taking photographs with phones and cameras. Roadside signboards and posters line the right side.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22Outdoor street scene at a crowded roadside with a blue directional signboard listing Hindi and English destinations such as Siddhanath and Bhairav Ghat. Police officers in khaki uniforms and caps stand in the foreground; one holds a lathi. Beside them, a line of onlookers in saris, shirts and kurtas, including a woman in a green sari and a woman in a red and white sari, watch intently while others raise phones or cameras. Children peer over the crowd. Colourful bunting, canopy tents and a yellow barrier frame the background. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2016-04-18Dense crowd at a Kumbh Mela procession in Ujjain, shot from behind a large red cloth banner edged with gold trim at the left. Many devotees, women in saris and headscarves, and uniformed police in khaki and dark caps push forward between yellow barricades. A bald priest in white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body stands near the bottom, holding a red cloth. A monk in saffron/orange robes with an orange lanyard stands among the police. Behind them, a red banner reads a Virat Sadbhavana Sammelan, with tents and signs beyond. Several people hold up mobile phones to take photos.2016-04-22 +1 copiesA crowded outdoor procession scene with many people pressed together. In the foreground, a man with a sandalwood mark on his forehead wears a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala garland, with a red-and-white flower garland near the bottom. Several uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps stand watch, one holding up a smartphone to photograph, another filming with a phone. Behind them, saddhus in saffron and orange robes raise folded hands or hold up arms, some with orange and red turbans. A decorated white and red ratha or palanquin with flower garlands of white, red, yellow and blue blossoms stands at the right edge, and a green canopy shades part of the upper left.2016-05-09April 22 20162016-04-22A photograph of a festival procession on a dusty road lined with tents, orange flags and temporary stalls. In the foreground, men in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth and gold chains hold hands and dance forward, one shirtless with a rudraksha-style garland. To the left, a woman in a red sari and a man in a white shirt raise their hands and cheer, and a man in a pink kurta stands among them. A uniformed policeman in blue watches from the centre. Behind them, women in white saris with gold borders walk in a line, and banners and portrait posters line the street. A garland of white flowers hangs at the left edge.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09