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Outdoor street procession on a wide dusty road at Kumbh Mela, with a hazy winter sky and trees and buildings behind. Men in white dhotis and saffron or orange shawls with red sashes walk barefoot in the foreground, one carrying a camera. Several saffron flags with a blue emblem are raised, and a white banner with printed lettering and a portrait is carried in the middle. Onlookers in winter sweaters, a woman in a teal shawl and a man in a brown jacket stand along the edges.

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Outdoor photograph of a procession at the Kumbh Mela camp area on a hazy winter day. A man in a white dhoti and white kurta with a red shoulder cloth holds a camera at the centre. Behind him, devotees in white dhotis with red-bordered cloths walk barefoot, and several carry or hold orange saffron flags. A long white banner with a printed portrait and text is held aloft by people in the background. Uniformed police in khaki stand among the crowd, and a man in a brown jacket and a woman in a blue shawl stand at the left. Buildings, power lines and advertising hoardings line the dusty road.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10A barefoot procession moves along a dusty road at a Kumbh Mela camp, with many devotees carrying tall saffron-orange flags on wooden poles. In the foreground a woman in a red shawl and red salwar-kameez walks beside a white-clad woman holding a pole, and another white-shawled woman with grey hair carries a flag. Men in white dhotis and saffron-trimmed garments walk among them. At right, a uniformed policeman and a camouflage-clad security officer stand watch. Behind the crowd are an ornate decorated chariot-style float with a canopy and banners, and a large hoarding showing portraits of a bearded saffron-clad figure. Hoardings and flags line the road under a clear sky.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 12 20132013-02-12A large crowd walks along a dusty road on a hazy winter day during a procession at the Kumbh Mela. Many devotees carry saffron and orange flags on tall poles, and a banner with a framed portrait of a woman in pink and a printed title is carried at the centre. Men wear jackets, sweaters and shawls, while women wear saris in teal and pink, and a man in front in white holds a long staff. Power lines and temporary tin-roofed stalls line the road in the background.2013-02-10A street procession on a wide open road under a hazy pale sky. In the centre, men in white dhotis and white kurtas carry a long white banner printed with the name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a portrait of a smiling woman in red. Two saffron flags flank the banner, and a multicoloured parasol shows above. On the left, a bearded man in an orange-brown robe and rudraksha-style beaded necklace walks ahead, and a man in a red sweater walks nearby. Crowds, vehicles and roadside hoardings with portraits fill the background.2013-02-12Outdoor photograph of a procession on a dusty road at the Kumbh Mela, with a row of devotees walking toward the camera. Many women wear white and cream saris with red borders and red shawls, and several carry tall saffron-orange flags on poles. At the far left, a shaven-headed sadhu in orange robes with white-painted face and bare arms walks barefoot beside a decorated palanquin and tall painted poles topped with colourful bands. A wooden lookout platform and a red-and-white signboard stand behind the crowd, which appears to number around thirty people.2013-02-10February 12 20132013-02-12