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A dense crowd gathers at the riverside ghat of the Shipra at dusk, with a large body of water in the background and fountains spraying. In the foreground, a figure in an orange-saffron turban and ornate gold necklace, with a rudraksha-style neckline, stands at the water's edge with arm raised, surrounded by devotees and photographers. Several men in orange and red kurtas and a bare-headed man in white are pressed close. Video cameras on shoulders and a still camera are held up by press crew, and a phone is raised in the lower left. Ornate orange and gold ceremonial canopy fringe hangs at the upper right. A large audience fills the far bank under the evening sky.

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April 24 20162016-04-24Outdoor photo at dusk beside a water tank with fountain jets, a large crowd lining the far bank. In the centre a man in an orange-saffron turban and gold beaded necklace stands among devotees, with a tilak on his forehead. Around him people in red, white and dark shirts crowd close, some holding up phones and cameras; two video cameras and a still camera on tripods or shoulders are aimed at the centre. Behind them a bare-headed sadhu in a saffron shawl and beads, and an orange-and-silver canopy hangs at the upper right. Warm orange sunset light, temple buildings on the skyline.2016-04-24A crowd of devotees and cameramen surrounds a figure in a large orange-saffron turban and dark robe at the water's edge of a lake at dusk. Nearby a bald sadhu in orange-brown robes with rudraksha beads stands beside a man in a bright red shirt and a man in white with a ceremonial necklace and tilak. Several people raise phones and video cameras. 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Orange and yellow umbrellas shade the crowd, a boat carries people across the water, and fountains spray in the background beside red-brick temple buildings.2016-05-09Evening crowd at a riverside ghat during the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, lit by street lamps and pink-lit steps. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, with a long gold-and-bead necklace, stands in the foreground with palms pressed together, while a woman in an orange sari with a beaded necklace and a man in an orange robe nearby also join their hands. Two men in white kurta-style clothing with pink-red cloth draped on their shoulders and wrists in red and gold threads face them, a bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala, and orange and red umbrellas and saffron flags line the water's edge with many devotees raising hands behind them.2016-04-24A dense crowd of men at a riverside bathing ghat during a Kumbh Mela shahi snan procession. Many people hold up cameras and camcorders above the crowd, and others raise phones. 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