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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, with a large white banner held aloft by a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes and ochre-streaked faces. The banner shows a portrait labelled "Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a bird logo, and reads "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta" in Hindi and English. Saffron flags are raised behind it and many people in white and orange clothing fill the foreground. A man with long dark hair and a moustache stands near the centre of the banner, wearing a dark top. Warm street lights glow in the background.

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Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a large crowd of devotees carrying a long white banner reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta" in English and Hindi, held on bamboo poles. A portrait on the banner shows a smiling figure with hands folded in namaste, wearing a red-orange garment, with a red bindi. Many participants wear saffron/orange cloth and hold orange flags; some wear white dhotis and have painted white or ochre faces and forehead markings. A man at left in white robes and red cloth holds a golden staff. Warm sodium streetlights glow in the background.2013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela crowd. A large orange-and-white banner carries a portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, red and orange clothing and a garland, labelled "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta" and "Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyananda". Behind it, an ornate golden and red canopy umbrella rises above saffron flags and gold-tipped staffs. On the right, a bald man in orange robes and a gold necklace holds a trident, and other men in white dhotis and orange cloth walk among dense crowds under warm lamplight.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10 +1 copiesNight procession at a crowded Kumbh Mela ghat with a large crowd behind banners and ceremonial standards. Central banner shows a portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair in orange-red clothing with hands in anjali mudra, labelled "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha" and "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha" with "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" beneath. Above it, a canopy umbrella with peacock-feather motifs and a gold ornamental pole. On the right, a bald figure with a white beard wearing orange-red robes, a garland of beads and a long staff, standing among ritual attendants. Foreground men in white cloth and orange sashes carry staffs. Orange flags and decorated banners fill the background.2013-02-10Night photo of a large crowd in a Kumbh Mela procession at Allahabad. A white banner held high by several people reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha, with a portrait of a smiling figure with long hair and saffron clothing, labelled as Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Many people carry saffron-orange flags on poles, and some wear white robes and white-painted faces or bodies. A tall decorated pole and two ornate teardrop-shaped standards with gold borders stand above the crowd, with lights and billboards in the background. Some men in orange and white clothing walk barefoot in the procession.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event. A large white banner carried on blue poles shows a portrait of a smiling woman in a red sari with raised hands, labelled Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha and Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta, with a Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyananda line. Marchers in white dhotis and white garments with red sashes carry red flags on wooden poles; several have white-painted faces and the front-right man wears a rudraksha-style mala. Barefoot devotees walk on a dark wet road under orange lamplight, with a crowd visible behind. Roughly a dozen marchers are visible.2013-02-10