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A crowded indoor photograph in front of a bright red draped backdrop, with a camera on a tripod at the right edge. In the foreground a man with curly hair and a white forehead mark presses his palms together in greeting, wearing white clothes and a red shawl with rudraksha beads. Beside him a young man with light hair wears a saffron-and-white garment and beads. An older bald man in white dhoti and a red shawl bends forward, and a small child in pink sits near him. Behind them devotees in shirts and orange garments stand close together, several holding up phones, and a toddler in white is carried in the back. A red chair and a carved wooden pillar are visible at the right.

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April 24 20162016-04-24A large crowd of devotees fills a hall at a Kumbh Mela event in Ujjain. Most men wear white dhotis and shirts with red or orange shawls, many with rudraksha malas and name badges on lanyards. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands center-front with palms pressed together in namaste. A young boy in white and a girl in orange and red sit at left among adults in white and orange clothing, and a few people in the back raise hands. A red umbrella is visible at upper right. Many people in the crowd appear to be seated or standing in rows, and the scene conveys a satsang or initiation gathering rather than a single identifiable figure.2016-05-05Indoor festival scene under a large white tent with red and orange paper lanterns strung across the ceiling and a hanging lamp at left. A red carpet runs down the center, lined on the left by a crowd of devotees behind a wooden pole barrier; several people wear gold-bead garlands and white dhotis. In the center, a man in white ritual clothes with a gold garland and a bare-chested figure hold up a wooden barrier while a monk in saffron robes with a shaved head stands barefoot at right. Devotees in colourful saris and shirts reach forward, some raising hands, a child is held in arms at left. Decorated red and orange umbrellas and ceremonial items are visible in the background.2016-04-24February 08 20132013-02-08A crowded indoor gathering of devotees in motion, many dressed in white kurtas and ceremonial white garments, with some in saffron-orange sannyasi-style cloth and rudraksha malas. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and rudraksha mala gestures with raised hands, while a long-haired man in orange wrap and bare upper body dances beside him. Several young boys in white with lanyards stand nearby, and a man with tilak-marked forehead and a long-haired figure in beige and orange appear at the right. Bright pink-walled hall, blurred background of onlookers.2016-09-30April 27 20162016-04-27May 04 20162016-05-04June 01 20172017-06-01August 16 20172017-08-16July 31 20172017-07-31A photo of a crowded tented ritual gathering with red fabric walls and a gilded throne-like seat at left. A seated figure in orange clothing and a pink-and-white garland, with long dark hair, sits on a red cushioned throne with golden lion-shaped armrests, receiving devotees who bow and touch his feet. Around him, many women in saffron, red and multicoloured saris and white-clad men in dhotis with gold borders and beaded necklaces stand close together. A camera on a tripod and a white cooling unit are visible at upper left, and several bald devotees with folded hands stand in the foreground.2016-05-01May 01 20162016-05-01