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Night procession crowd at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, with a dense mass of devotees pressing forward under smoky orange street lights. In the foreground, men in white and saffron clothing stand around a tall red-and-white flag on a pole, and some have white-painted faces and bare chests. On the right, an ornate decorated palanquin with a blue canopy, marigold garlands and a gold kalasha-like finial carries a figure in red and gold dress. Several priests in white dhotis stand near the carriage holding ceremonial staffs and fans.

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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style pilgrimage site under an orange-hazy sky, with many people crowded along the roadway. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and shawls have white and ochre forehead markings, one with a white cloth draped over his head. Saffron and orange flags on tall poles rise on both sides, and a large decorated yellow-and-red banner with a blue emblem is held aloft at center. Behind them, a decorated vehicle with garlands, glittering tinsel and marigold-like flower strings carries figures, and a red tractor-type vehicle with a canopy and tinsel fringe is nearby. Bright streetlights and a red illuminated sign glow in the background. Visible people number well above twenty.2013-02-10Night procession at a crowded riverside event, shot in hazy low light. A large ornate palanquin decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands and a blue-fringed canopy is carried forward. Several men in white, saffron and orange clothing and turbans stand on and around the palanquin, one holding a long staff topped with a tall orange flag bearing a blue emblem. Dense crowds in winter caps, shawls and turbans line the foreground, with a few orange flags and lit lamps visible behind. No individual on the palanquin is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2013-02-10Night photograph of a festival procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, smoky dark sky behind. A decorated ratha-style float covered in marigold garlands and orange flowers carries several robed sadhus in saffron and orange clothing, some wearing rudraksha malas and holding tridents. A large orange flag on a tall pole rises at right. A blue-and-gold canopy tops the float, and standing figures in white and red dhotis help at the front. A dense crowd of pilgrims in woollen caps and shawls surrounds the float, with orange-clad figures among them.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbha Mela-style gathering in heavy smoky haze. A richly decorated palanquin-style ratha with marigold garlands, gold finials, a blue canopy and a saffron-and-gold kalasha-like top carries a central seated figure in red and orange robes. Around it, saffron-clad sadhus with white-painted faces and tridents stand near the chariot, and white-clad attendants push and steer the vehicle. A large saffron flag with a blue circular emblem flies at the right edge. Dense crowds of devotees, many in white and red shawls and headwraps, fill the foreground and background, with lit street lamps in the distance.2013-02-10A dense nighttime crowd fills a wide open ground under an orange, hazy sky lit by street lamps during the Kumbh Mela procession. Many people wear white and grey shawls, knit caps and woollen headwear against the cold. In the right foreground a person in orange robes holds a tall pole topped by a gold ornament, and a teardrop-shaped banner with floral borders and a white bird emblem rises above the crowd. Orange flags flank the banner. A shaved-headed man in orange at the right edge is partly visible but his face and identity are uncertain.2013-02-10Night photo of a large dense crowd on an open ground, many people in white and cream kurtas and dhotis with orange and saffron cloths. At center, an illuminated ornate float or chariot decorated with marigold garlands, golden fabric and string lights, with a small figure seated on it. A lit arch of lights frames the float, and a pale-clothed attendant stands at its side. Strings of colored lights and a lit tent structure appear in the background.2015-01-13February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a brightly decorated float (ratha) draped in marigold garlands and topped by a multicoloured canopy with tassels. Men in white dhotis and white shirts stand on and around the float, one raising an arm near the canopy. Orange flags printed with a blue dove-like emblem are carried by marchers in white and saffron, and ornate banners with the same emblem hang at left. A dense crowd fills the background under orange streetlights and hazy fog.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10