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Night photograph of a temporary white tent gateway at an outdoor festival ground. Its side panels carry painted blue, yellow and red temple-style illustrations of pillars and deity figures. Strings of small lights line the top edge. Crowds of devotees and visitors walk through the gate; women wear saris and salwar kameez in green, red and blue, and men wear checked shirts, with a young boy in a white shirt in front. A white-shirted man stands at the left edge, and metal barricades and yellow bollards channel the flow. Tent structures and lights glow in the background.

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Night photograph of a decorated temple-style entrance arch labelled in a wooden sign reading Nithyananda Peetham, with Nithyananda Peethamin Hindi and English. The arch has painted blue and gold panels showing a deity murti of Ganesha on the left and a multi-armed goddess on the right, with string lights outlining it. Crowds of devotees in saris, kurtas and shirts walk through the gateway toward a lit tent beyond. In the foreground a man in a white shirt stands beside parked red motorcycles, and a woman in an orange sari and another in a purple sari are visible. Fairy lights and tent flags are visible in the distance.2016-04-28Crowded outdoor scene at a festival gate: a white cloth-draped entrance framed by blue painted columns with carved deity figures and a seated figure in an alcove. Many people in dense crowd walk through, including women in saris and headscarves in purple, green and multicolour prints, men in white kurtas and grey shirts with white shawls, and a few in orange clothing. Beyond the gate, white tents, red and orange canopies and colourful stalls are visible.2016-05-08Night photograph of an ornate temple-style entrance gate at a festival site, lit with pink and warm lights. The gate has a white arched opening, painted deity panels with figures in blue, gold and red, and a sign reading Nithyananda Peetham. A crowd of many people in everyday clothes walks through and around the entrance, including a man in a blue shirt wearing an ID badge at left and a woman in red and white at left. Red and white flags and yellow poles stand to the right, and streetlights glow in the dark sky.2016-04-30Outdoor event with a large tent canopy draped in orange and multicoloured fabric banners and hanging decorative tassels. A crowd of devotees, many in saffron, white and everyday clothing, walk and gather near a carved wooden doorway and metal barricades. Women in green and pink saris stand at left. At right, a large printed portrait shows a figure with red-and-gold ornamented garments and a red turban-style headdress, along with a bejewelled necklace; this is a printed portrait, not a physical person. A banner at top reads partly in Hindi-style script.2016-05-15A crowded night scene at an open-air temple or ashram event, with a large throng of devotees walking through a white pillared gateway lit by strings of lights. Women wear saris in orange, red, yellow and blue, and a man in a maroon shirt with a white tilak on his forehead walks in the foreground beside a woman in a blue sari and a woman in an orange-yellow sari. Men in white kurtas and light shirts move through the crowd, and white tents with red flags stand beyond the gate. Blue painted pillars with gold trim frame the entrance. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd.2016-04-28A night-time crowd of devotees and visitors moves across a green-matted open ground at a Kumbh Mela site. Many people wear white dhotis, kurtas and shirts, while others wear bright saris and salwar kameez. A large white structure draped with strings of warm lights stands in the centre, and bright floodlights illuminate the scene. No individual can be identified as a person in this photo; the visible figures are devotees and visitors in general.2016-04-30April 27 20162016-04-27Night photograph of an ornate blue and gold temple-style gateway decorated with string lights, marked with a sign reading नित्यानंद पीठम / Nithyananda Peetham. A framed portrait of a bearded figure with a red-and-gold garment sits in the arch top, above carved deity figures. Through the gate, a large white tent with red flags and more lights is visible. Several devotees in the foreground, including an older man in a white shirt, a woman in a red sari, and a girl with a pink hair clip, look toward the gate. Marigold garlands and a lit oil lamp appear at the left edge.2016-04-28April 28 20162016-04-28Night photograph of a crowded outdoor festival area under a white tent canopy strung with colourful bunting and fairy lights. Many devotees, mostly men in white shirts and women in saris, press together near a stone-pillared gateway decorated with hanging striped cloth tubes, with a stage or temple-like enclosure visible beyond. Some people in the foreground hold bags, a child is visible at lower left, and a small vehicle sits at the left edge. Red and blue lights line the walls and a framed picture hangs on the back wall. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2016-04-27A dense crowd of devotees fills a night-time pandal at an outdoor darshan area. Men and women in saris, kurtas and casual clothes, including yellow, green, purple, red and blue garments, stand close together. Behind them a large screen shows a colourful deity or mythological scene, and gold ornate stands or thrones flank the tent. Strings of orange and red floral garlands and hanging lanterns decorate the white tent ceiling. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the crowd in this view.2016-04-30Night photograph of a long queue of devotees filing across a green-carpeted open ground at an outdoor pandal, many women in bright saris and salwar kameez and men in shirts and dhotis. Some raise a hand in greeting. Behind them, a lit white and gold shrine structure with a white-draped dome stands under floodlights, and to the right a red-carpeted stage area is shaded by a canopy hung with decorative lanterns and red flags. A man in white kurta with a red shawl stands at the right edge near the barrier. The scene suggests a darshan line at a religious fair.2016-04-30