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Night photograph of a procession at a Kumbh Mela camp. Two decorated floats or tractor-drawn trolleys stand in the foreground, draped with red and gold cloth and marigold garlands. The silver-finished seat and frame on the left are ornately carved, with a lion-like figure on the seat back. Behind them, a row of further decorated vehicles with silver tinsel and orange marigold garlands stretches into hazy darkness. Several people stand and walk along the roadside to the right, some in dark jackets and some in shawls. Illuminated structures glow faintly in the distance under a smoky, orange-tinted sky.

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February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela camp with a red Mahindra 265 DI tractor in the foreground, its bonnet and grille draped with orange marigold garlands and a white cloth. Behind it, a silver-framed decorated float or ratha is festooned with orange marigold garlands and red and gold fabric, with a silver ornamental canopy. Two men in dark jackets and a man in a light shirt stand beside the float, and a dim crowd is visible along the road under a hazy orange sky with string lights and banners.2013-02-10Blurry night photograph of a brightly lit ceremonial procession float with an ornate golden canopy decorated with colourful ribbons and strings of lights, carried on a vehicle. Several people in white and saffron clothing stand and walk around the float, with orange flags visible on the right. Beside it, a red tractor-style vehicle carries people in white clothes. Dark silhouetted heads appear in the foreground along a stone railing.2013-02-10Night photograph of a decorated ceremonial ratha or palanquin cart lit with string lights and draped in marigold garlands and colourful fabric. Inside the canopy sits a figure beneath a crown-like floral ornament; beside it stands a man in a saffron-orange shawl and turban with an ornate gold necklace. To the right, two attendants in dark maroon robes hold long staffs, and a man in white kurta stands near a red tractor at left. An ornate gold-fringed parasol is visible at upper right.2015-01-13February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession on a sandy open ground lit by strings of coloured lights. Centre, a silver-plated palanquin carries a seated figure in orange-red robes with a garland, flanked by a flower-decked wooden deity ratha with a canopy and a lit bull-drawn deity figure. Left and right, further illuminated processional vehicles carry deity murtis under coloured canopies. Around the cart, standing devotees in white and orange-red dhotis and saris, a man in white kurta with a rudraksha-like neck mala on the left, and drummers with a drum. Smoke rises at left. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so it is described by role only: a seated figure on a palanquin.2016-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 31 20152015-12-31Night photograph of a brightly lit ceremonial float, a ratha-style chariot decorated with marigold garlands, tassels and a blue-and-orange canopy, carried along a riverside route. Several people in white dhotis and orange-saffron robes walk beside and on the float, one standing at its centre near ornate gold-coloured fittings. Devotees stand behind a metal barrier at left, and a red-roofed tractor follows at right under a hazy dusk sky.2013-02-10December 31 20152015-12-31Night photograph of a procession at Kumbh Mela on a riverside bridge or ghat, lit by warm yellow lights. A brightly illuminated decorated vehicle with fairy lights and a red and gold canopy is pulled by a red tractor. Several robed men in white and saffron dhotis stand around the float, one holding a tall golden standard pole and another an orange flag. Devotees in white shawls line the sides, and a barefoot man in white in the foreground is partly visible. Crowds fill the background. No clear a person candidate can be confirmed by appearance here.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10