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Night photo of a very dense crowd filling a street in front of a decorated gateway. The gate bears a banner reading "Shri Panchdashnam Avahan Akhara" with large portrait prints of saints in red and white robes on its pillars. Many people, mostly men in white, orange and saffron clothing, some with pink or white head cloths, press forward; a few stand on a vehicle roof waving orange flags. A maroon ceremonial banner and orange flags stand in the foreground, bright floodlights illuminate the scene, and a white van and a silver car are visible among the crowd.

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May 21 20162016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09A dense, tightly packed crowd of many men fills a city street at night, pressing toward the camera. Many wear white or light-coloured dhotis and kurtas with white or saffron head cloths, and several have yellow and red turbans. Two saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise above the crowd, and a maroon flag is visible at upper right. White vehicles are parked among the people, and illuminated signboards and shopfronts line the background. Several people raise hands and phones toward the scene.2016-05-21Night photograph of a dense crowd gathered in front of an illuminated temple-style structure decorated with string lights, a swastika emblem, and circular OM symbols on its facade. Many people in the crowd raise their hands with palms pressed together in namaste near parked white vans and cars. A decorated vehicle with floral and printed panels stands at right, with a man in light clothing on its roof. A large portrait of a bearded man with long hair, printed on a pink banner, is held up at lower right. Red flags are visible among the crowd. Festive lighting fills the scene.2016-05-21Night procession at the Kumbh Mela camp, lit by strings of bulbs and orange sodium street lamps. A dense crowd of devotees carries saffron-orange flags on poles, and many raise folded hands. A woman in the foreground wears a red shawl and a red bindi, and an elderly man in white with a yellow head wrap stands nearby. A man with a white face painted and a saffron cloth to his left, and several people in white and grey shawls, fill the crowd. Vehicles are parked along the route beneath a large banner with a printed deity image and the words Sri Paramahamsa Akhara. Many people are visible, mostly in the middle distance and foreground.2013-02-10May 21 20162016-05-21Night photograph of a dense crowd filling a road in front of an illuminated orange building with string lights above. Many people, mostly men in white dhotis and white caps, press around stopped vehicles including a white van and a large green truck with a tanker. Orange flags are held up among the crowd, and a covered orange-and-red palanquin with a canopy and decorative fringe is at the left edge. Banners on a wall at right carry Marathi-style lettering. The scene looks like a procession moving through a town street.2016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a decorated gateway lit with pink, purple and blue lights, with a large banner reading "Sri Panchayati Akhara Maha Nirvani" above a smaller sign reading "Swagat Vandan Abhinandan". A dense crowd of many people, including volunteers in yellow-green safety vests, moves toward the gate. Red flags are raised in the foreground, a green umbrella and a golden canopy are carried, and several people wear white and saffron-toned clothing. Strings of lights and illuminated decorations frame the scene.2016-05-21A dense crowd of pilgrims in orange and saffron clothing moves through a decorated festival gateway at dusk. The gate is lit with string lights and carries a large banner reading Shri Panchayati Sri Kailash Mahanirvani Akhara. A saffron flag and a yellow flag bearing the word Mahakal are raised among the procession. Several sadhus appear bare-chested with long hair and wear orange dhotis, while others wear white kurtas and orange robes. A woman in a blue patterned sari stands in the foreground beside a barricade with safety vests. Flags, lights and marigold decorations line the scene.2016-05-21