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A printed Hindi-language invitation card photographed flat on a red textured cloth. The card's top shows a crowd of bathers and saffron-clad sadhus at a river ghat above a large golden-white eagle-headed Garuda-like kumbha vessel with ornate gold decoration and wings. Below, a gold kalasha-shaped pot is framed by bathing sadhus in the water. A small circular portrait shows a bearded ascetic in orange robes seated atop the pot, and a white address label is pasted on the card. The card is a poster-style print for the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2016 camp of Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani.

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A printed greeting card or invitation with a glossy cover shows a crowd of bathers in a river at the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2016. Men with bare torsos and saffron cloths wade and splash in the water. A large golden kalasha pot sits in the lower centre, topped by a white eagle-like figure with spread golden wings and ornate gold necklaces. A small oval portrait of a bearded, ascetic-looking man with long hair is set within the pot. A pale address label on the card reads Nithyanandapuri, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham, Nithyanandanagar, Karnataka. The card sits on a red carpet.2016-02-21February 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesFebruary 21 20162016-02-21A die-cut invitation card lying flat on a dark red textured cloth. The card is shaped like a golden kalasha pot topped with a white eagle head wearing a gold crown and gold ornaments, with gold wings spread at the sides. A printed band reads a Sanskrit invocation and the word for invitation. A round portrait shows an elderly bearded sage with a turban-like head covering, shown inside a gold-bordered oval on the pot body. Gold patterned background and Devanagari text complete the design; no people are present.2016-02-21 +1 copiesFebruary 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesFebruary 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesA printed letter held flat on a dark red cloth surface, photographed from above. The letterhead reads Shri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani with a photo of an elderly saint and a temple image in circular frames. The page background is a faded photograph of a crowd bathing in a river. The letter is in Hindi-Sanskrit script with a Shri Guru Kapil Maharshi invocation at the top, a date line, and a signature block at the bottom. Overall the scene shows a printed document as the only subject, with no physical people visible.2016-02-21February 21 20162016-02-21February 21 20162016-02-21Photo 11741754A die-cut printed card rests on a dark red cloth. It shows a golden winged Garuda-like bird figure with a jewelled crown, pearl-and-flower garland and tilak, above a gold-framed Shivalinga on a stone yoni-pitha base with flowers and a green leaf garland. The lower panel carries Hindi text and a golden background. No people are visible.2016-02-21 +1 copiesMay 21 20162016-05-21