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A festival procession float (a decorated flatbed vehicle with a metal railing) carries several people in white dhotis and bare-chested or white-shirted attire with orange and red shawls, several raising and holding large red triangular flags with yellow emblems. A red and white ornate umbrella is raised above them. In the center foreground, a man in a red-and-orange turban and rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits on the float. Behind is a pink temple gateway with a large blue banner showing painted sages and a Hindi inscription. A banner on the float reads PALLAV. Crowds line the street and several people are visible in the background.

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May 09th 20162016-05-09Outdoor procession at a religious festival with many red and saffron flags held aloft by crowd members. On an elevated flatbed platform with a metal railing, several men in white dhotis and some in saffron or red garments stand and gesture among the flags. Behind them rises an orange and white temple tower under a clear sky, with large metal horns or loudspeakers mounted at the right edge. Devotees in white and red clothing and women in saris fill the street below, while a photographer on the platform aims a camera. A large painted banner with a figure's face decorates the platform side.2016-04-22May 09th 20162016-05-09Low-angle photo of a procession vehicle with a metal railed platform against a pale blue sky. Several red triangular flags on tall poles flutter at the left and right edges. Three people stand on the platform: a man in the foreground at centre-right wears a red turban, a pink and red garment and a multicoloured beaded shawl, and waves with his right hand; a man beside him holds a red and blue umbrella-like canopy aloft; a third figure at the left edge wears a dark turban and red clothing.2016-05-09Outdoor festival procession at a pink-and-orange temple-style gateway with a painted banner reading in Hindi and English about the Ujjain Aadheenam Kumbh. A white vehicle with a raised platform carries a group of people, several in white dhotis with red-and-white sashes. Many red and saffron flags are raised, and a large crowd of devotees in saffron, white and yellow turbans watches and photographs. A decorative umbrella and a colourful embroidered banner stand at left, with tents and trees behind.2016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22May 21 20162016-05-21Outdoor procession on a flatbed vehicle with a metal railing under a clear blue sky. Two people in pink-and-magenta robes with marigold garlands and maroon turbans sit at the front with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them, several men in white dhotis and saffron-orange sashes stand and hold tall red flags on poles. A man in a teal shirt and dark trousers leans at the right edge. Tall red banners flutter, and a large red flag at right shows a portrait printed in white and yellow. Utility poles, trees and a row of colourful tents line the roadside.2016-04-22May 09th 20162016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09Outdoor procession at dusk through a dense crowd at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela. In the foreground a seated figure in an orange-red turban and orange robe, with long dark hair, a beaded necklace and bangles, sits on a leopard-print cushioned platform beside a drum. Behind, a large group of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees carry red and orange flags, and gold and yellow umbrellas shade the procession. Two men at right in white dhotis with gold-trimmed shawls and bare torsos raise their arms near a cameraman filming with a handheld camera. Police in khaki uniforms walk along the route, and a red-and-white arch with an Om symbol stands behind. A Hindi signboard reads Shri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22