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A dense crowd of many people fills a dusty road during the Kumbh Mela in Ujjain. Men in orange and saffron robes, and women in red, pink and white saris, walk shoulder to shoulder among devotees in everyday clothing. Tall banners, flags and a large yellow-and-pink hoarding frame the scene, and a ratha or decorated float with a canopy moves in the distance behind the throng. Vendor stalls and a drinking water sign stand along the left edge.

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April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22A dense crowd of many pilgrims fills a dusty roadside at a Kumbh Mela procession in Ujjain. Men and women in white, orange and saffron clothing press forward, with many women wearing red and pink saris and headscarves. A large yellow banner with Hindi/Devanagari text and the year 2016 is held up over the crowd, and smaller banners, flags and saffron pennants line the route under hazy morning light. Some people hold up phones to take photos.2016-04-22A dense crowd of many hundreds of people fills a wide city street during a religious procession, shot in warm late-afternoon light. Men in white shirts, kurtas and checked shirts walk among women in pink, purple and maroon saris and headscarves, and several men wear orange and saffron turbans. Behind them, decorated floats and palanquins with yellow and gold canopies and red and orange flags move along the road, and roadside barriers line the route. Hand-painted banners and signs stand along the street, and one man in the foreground raises his arm holding a phone or small object.2016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09A large outdoor procession moves down a dusty road lined with dense crowds, many people standing along barriers and in the street. Red and orange flags rise above the marchers, and a golden ornate palanquin or ratha with a yellow-and-red decorated canopy sits near the middle of the procession under a large yellow umbrella. Many marchers wear white dhotis and saffron or orange robes. Along the roadside stand yellow and red tented stalls and large hoardings, one showing a portrait of a saffron-robed sannyasi. Tall trees and power lines frame the sunlit street.2016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22May 09th 20162016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22