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A dense night-time crowd fills a wide road lined with tents, illuminated stalls and lit-up decorative panels. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark uniforms walk among the crowd, and some men wear orange dhotis and saffron shawls. Tall orange and white flags are carried aloft in a procession, and a yellow ornate umbrella stands at the left edge. Many people are seen in the distance under string lights and banners, with a Coca-Cola banner and a Huawei sign visible on the tents.

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Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees and sadhus filling a wide road during a procession, many shirtless or bare-chested men in white and saffron-orange cloths. Some hold yellow and gold banners and ceremonial staffs above the crowd. Uniformed police officers in dark caps and khaki line the edges, and onlookers film with phones. Tents, flags and lit stalls with colourful lights line the roadside under street lamps.2016-05-09Night photo of a dense crowd of sadhus and devotees along a barricaded road during a Kumbh-style shahi snan procession. Many sadhus wear saffron and orange robes, some with flower garlands and rudraksha beads, and some are bare-chested. Uniformed police in khaki and dark blue caps line the route and hold back the crowd, and a yellow barrier runs down the right side. Orange and red flags, illuminated tents and bright green lights fill the background, and several people hold cameras or phones. Crowd is large but only partly countable.2016-05-09Night photograph of a dense crowd filling a road during a procession. Many devotees wear saffron and orange clothing, some bare-chested, and several uniformed police officers in khaki and dark blue caps line a yellow metal barrier on the left. A large ornate golden standard or ceremonial object is carried at the center of the procession, and a black flag stands in the foreground. Tents and illuminated decorated stalls with green and blue lights line the right side of the road under trees and streetlights.2016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09Night procession on a city street with a dense crowd of white-clad devotees and sadhus carrying saffron and red flags on poles. A large maroon banner in front reads in Devanagari 'Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam' with 'Mahanirvani Akhada' and shows two framed portrait images of a saint in ochre robes with garlands. A decorated palanquin or ratha lit with lights moves at the front, and a ceremonial golden standard with a tiered canopy is carried among the sadhus. Men wear white dhotis and kurtas, some with rudraksha malas and marigold garlands. Shops and street lamps line the road.2015-09-15 +1 copiesMay 21 20162016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09 +1 copiesMay 21 20162016-05-21