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Outdoor procession on a dusty road with a red Mahindra 265 DI tractor pulling a decorated trailer, its driver in a striped shirt and orange flags fixed at the tractor canopy. On the trailer, a canopied palanquin-style float is hung with orange and yellow marigold garlands and a turquoise-and-pink umbrella; a figure in orange robes stands among the decorations and attendants. Two saffron-robed men walk beside the trailer, one bald in orange cloth, and women in red, pink and printed saris with folded hands stand nearby among a crowd. Speakers and a light pole line the route, with banners and a pale temple-style tower in the background.

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A street procession at a Kumbh Mela camp under a clear hazy sky. On a decorated open vehicle beneath a teal-and-red canopy strung with marigold garlands and hanging bells, several robed figures in saffron and white stand, one bare-chested with rudraksha and ornaments. A tall gold-topped pennant with a red and gold embroidered emblem is carried by a man in white dhoti with a bare upper body and red waist cloth. Nearby, an older man in a beige shawl and white kurta, with an orange garland, walks alongside a woman in a blue shawl. A red Mahindra tractor pulls the float, with a driver visible. Devotees in white dhotis and red waist cloths walk barefoot in the procession, and tents stand in the background.2013-02-10Outdoor photo at a crowded Kumbh Mela-style pilgrimage road. A red Mahindra tractor, plate UP-70BL-0971, pulls a decorated trailer whose canopy is hung with orange and teal tassels and topped by a garlanded deity murti under a blue cloth. Its driver sits at the wheel. A shaven-headed bare-chested priest in white dhoti and red langot walks barefoot at the tractor's side. Police in khaki uniforms stand in the background, along with saffron-robed sadhus, a photographer and a crowd. Banners on bamboo poles display Hindi text.2013-02-10Photograph of a decorated ceremonial procession vehicle at the Kumbh Mela. A red Mahindra tractor pulls a wooden float topped by a canopy with a teal fringed awning, marigold garlands, and hanging tassels in red, yellow and purple. Several people stand on the float in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloth, some bare-chested, with devotees and onlookers along a wire barrier. Saffron flags fly from the tractor and float, with a crowd watching from the roadside under a pale sky.2013-02-10A festival procession on a paved road shows a flower-decorated float drawn by a tractor, with an orange-and-blue canopy and marigold garlands. A standing sannyasi in orange robes holds a trident aloft on the float, with another orange-robed figure beside him. Women in white and orange saris walk alongside the tractor, and a man in orange kurta walks in front. Speakers, bells and brass ornaments hang from the float, with a red tractor and a crowd of onlookers behind.2013-02-12February 10 20132013-02-10February 12 20132013-02-12February 10 20132013-02-10Outdoor procession on a dusty road with a flower-decorated float pulled by a red tractor. A woman in orange sari with gold border and rudraksha mala walks in the foreground smiling. Behind her, a float with a canopy of teal and orange fabric and orange garlands carries a figure in orange robes standing beside a golden ornamented structure. Several marchers in orange and white robes walk alongside, and a second red tractor with orange canopy follows. Roadside billboards and utility poles line the street under hazy sky.2013-02-12A procession on a pontoon bridge at a Kumbh-style river festival, with a tractor-drawn decorated cart as the centre. The cart has a canopy of marigold garlands hung with bells and strings of bright beads, and a red-and-gold central seat. Seated on the cart are a figure in saffron-orange robes with a bare upper body and hair pulled back, next to a figure in white dhoti and shawl. Attendants in white dhotis stand on the cart and beside it, one in an orange garment. Behind them rises a multi-storey brick-coloured building with an Indian flag, and a crowd of onlookers in mixed clothing lines the far side of the bridge. Loudspeaker boxes are mounted on the cart and a red Mahindra tractor pulls it, with a driver in a dark shirt and a woman in orange sari nearby.2013-02-12A roadside procession on a dusty road. A red Mahindra tractor pulls a flower-decorated cart (ratha) under a turquoise and gold canopy with a marigold garland, with a trident-like staff visible at its side. A bare-headed man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala walks in front of the cart, and a second saffron-clad man stands on the cart. Onlookers in white kurtas and a man in a dark waistcoat watch from the roadside. Hoardings and banners line the road, one showing a deity portrait and another reading Shri Radha with Hindi text.2013-02-12February 10 20132013-02-10Outdoor procession on a concrete bridge with a decorated float. A tractor, a red Mahindra, pulls a flower-garlanded green platform with marigold garlands, yellow bells and a blue canopy. Standing figures in saffron robes and white dhotis ride and walk beside it, including one bare-chested man in orange cloth and a figure in white. A saddled camel stands to the right, and a crowd of men in colourful shirts watches from behind a railing. A large building with a Hindu flag and a painted deity image is in the background under hazy skies.2013-02-12