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Night crowd scene at a Kumbh-style festival street. Three uniformed police officers ride brown horses through a dense crowd of many devotees, some in orange and white clothing. Behind them stands a large banner reading Simhastha 2016 Panchavati, showing small framed photographs of saints and a vehicle-mounted spiritual image. Vehicles, a minibus and a white van line the street under electric lighting.

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May 09th 20162016-05-09A dense crowd fills a night street during a procession in India. Uniformed police officers on brown horses, some wearing black helmets, ride through the throng, and one officer in a khaki uniform and helmet walks beside a horse. Many people wear white headcloths and light clothing. A large tanker vehicle stands at right with a sign reading in Hindi, and vans and cars are caught in the crowd at left. A banner at top shows portraits and text reading Simhastha 2016 Ujjain. Watermarked archive photograph.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09Night street procession with a dense crowd of devotees lining and following a road. Several uniformed police officers ride brown horses in the foreground; the rider on the right wears a dark cap and khaki uniform and gestures with one hand, and another rider in a light uniform and cap is beside him. Devotees in white, pink, purple and blue saris and kurtas walk along the sides, and a man in a white shirt with an orange turban is visible among them. A white van and a vehicle with a roof light move behind the crowd. A large multicolour parasol-like umbrella occupies the bottom edge, and a banner with a portrait of a saint-like figure in orange hangs at top right.2016-05-09Night street scene of a large crowd walking along a road lined with vans and vehicles. Three mounted police officers in khaki uniforms and dark caps lead the way on brown horses, the foremost holding a long stick. Behind and beside them, many people in white, pastel and colourful clothes walk, with an orange and a multicoloured umbrella in the foreground. Vehicles and shopfronts line the street.2016-05-09A night photograph of mounted police on horseback at a Kumbh Mela area in an orange-lit haze. Two uniformed officers in khaki with peaked caps sit on brown and white horses in the foreground, one with arms folded. Behind them more riders and pilgrims wrapped in shawls walk along a dusty road under sodium street lamps. A white van stands at left beside a large painted hoarding, and a tall wooden lookout tower with a banner is visible at right. Visible people are many, but fewer than fifty are clearly distinguishable.2013-02-10May 09th 20162016-05-09Night scene at a festival site with two uniformed police officers mounted on brown horses, wearing khaki uniforms and dark caps, one holding a long lance-like staff. Behind them stands a red banner with rows of circular portrait photographs of several bearded and turbaned men, with a printed text block. A string of white and yellow fairy lights hangs above a tent and a fence of printed flags. Several people in casual clothes stand near the horses on a dusty ground.2016-05-21Night street scene during a crowded procession. Two uniformed mounted police officers in khaki ride horses at the centre, followed by a bright headlight of a vehicle. Dense crowds of people in mixed clothing fill the road, many in white kurtas and some wearing orange turbans. In the foreground, ornate decorated umbrellas in orange, green and red with mirror-work and tassels are carried, alongside red and orange flags on poles. A man in a light blue shirt holds up a phone to take a photo. Street lights, a bus and roadside stalls and banners appear in the background.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09A crowded nighttime procession at a Kumbh-style gathering, with large numbers of sadhus and ascetics in saffron and orange robes, many with long matted hair and ash-smeared white bodies, some wearing garlands of yellow marigolds. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark blue caps line the roadway, holding back the throng. Long white and saffron banners on tall poles are carried above the crowd, and a black flag with coloured trim is visible in the foreground. Photographers and spectators fill the sides of the street under bright floodlights, and a white horse stands among the marchers.2016-05-09Dusk scene at a Kumbh Mela crowd with a mounted police officer in dark uniform and cap on a dark horse at left. Behind him, a large bamboo-scaffolded hoarding shows a smiling bearded man in orange-red turban and saffron garment, with Hindi text, labelled as a banner; the face depiction is a printed poster, not a physical presence. At right, several men in white head cloths and white shawls stand in a crowd, one holding a small object in his hands. The sky is warm orange-brown with silhouetted figures.2013-02-10