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September 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15A photograph of a decorated entrance gate at the Nashik Mahakumbh 2015 with a pink banner reading a welcome in Marathi and Hindi for devotees, sponsored by Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram Aghor Shodh Evam Sansthan, Varanasi. Marigold and red flower garlands hang across the gateway. Flanking the banner are framed portraits: on the left a man with white hair and a garland, beside a seated man in white; on the right an elderly man in white seated in a wheelchair, and a multi-tiered pagoda-style tower. Several people in light shirts and trousers walk through the gate, and a red banner with Hindi text hangs inside.2015-09-15A large saffron-yellow banner with bold red Devanagari lettering reads 'अखिल भारतीय जगद्गुरु नामदेव महाराज खालसा' (All-India Jagadguru Namdev Maharaj Khalsa). The banner hangs on a white cloth backdrop and is decorated along its lower edge with a garland of marigolds, white flowers and pink blossoms. A partially visible photograph of a figure appears at the right edge, and a small portrait is at the top right. No people are visible in the frame.2015-09-15 +1 copiesA large maroon banner over the gateway of Swami Svat Prakash Ashram, Rani Gali, Bhuptawala, Haridwar. It carries blue and white Devanagari headings and the names of the founder and supreme head, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Swami Atmanandpuri Ji Maharaj (Jire Wale). Two framed portraits flank the text: on the left a white-robed figure in a turban garlanded with orange and red flowers, and on the right a smiling man with a shaved head, orange robe and rudraksha mala, with a hand raised in a blessing gesture. Flower decorations surround the portraits, and a phone number is printed in the lower section. The brick gate and wall are visible below, and the banner is a printed graphic, not a group of people.2014-03-13January 14 20142014-01-14A festival scene at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela with a white and orange tented pavilion decorated with saffron pennants and striped pillars. A banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with Maha Samsthan beneath it. Above, a backdrop shows a figure in saffron robes labelled with a caption; to the right, a large portrait depicts a figure in saffron robes and orange head covering making a blessing gesture, with a ceremonial golden fan in the foreground. Several colourful umbrellas printed with dove and lotus emblems stand in front, and a crowd of men in shirts and kurtas gathers below. Loudspeaker horns are mounted on a pole at left.January 14 20142014-01-14September 10 20152015-09-10Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela camp road with a metal barrier and wooden poles. Four men walk past large banners: a banner shows a shaved-headed man with an orange tilak labelled as Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, and another shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe promoting a Nithyananda Satsang on Isha Vasya Upanishad. A third banner shows a bearded Swami Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj. Two men in saffron robes, one with an orange turban, walk in front, while a bearded man in a white dhoti stands at right and another in a light robe walks at left. A temple spire is visible in the background, and the scene includes a yellow barricade and roadside litter.2015-09-10February 12 20132013-02-12May 21 20162016-05-21