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Outdoor photo of a procession crowd at a Kumbh Mela setting. In the foreground a bearded man in a pink and maroon turban decorated with a gold gear-shaped ornament and a tall golden-tipped plume of dark grass wears an orange saffron shawl over white clothing and looks sideways toward the camera. Beside him a second man wears an orange and maroon turban with partly visible lettering and a similar plume. Other onlookers stand close in the crowd, a wooden drum rim is visible at left, and a bridge and signboards appear in the blurred background.

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A photograph of men in a Kumbh Mela procession near a river bridge. The central man wears a pink and maroon turban topped with a brass ornament and dark plumes, and an orange shawl, and plays a wooden drum held in his hands. Beside him a man in an orange turban with maroon bands and a brass earring holds another drum and wears a yellow shawl. Brass ornaments and feathered crests decorate the headgear of other participants in the background. +1 copiesClose photo of musicians at a procession. Two men in the foreground wear tall turbans with feathery plumes on top; one has a pink turban with dark maroon bands and a bell hanging at the side, and the other wears an orange turban with dark maroon bands and a yellow-gold strip, plus a brass earring, a yellow shawl over white clothes. The man in front plays a wooden drum held by a hand, and the man on the right holds a flat hand drum. Orange and white garments and a blurred crowd fill the background. +1 copiesOutdoor photo at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela of a bearded sadhu in an orange shawl and pink-and-maroon turban decorated with a tall tuft of dark peacock-like fibres and a brass ornament. He holds a wooden drum or bowl-shaped instrument against his chest. Beside him, another man in an orange turban, a yellow garment and a gold earring is partly visible, and more turbaned men with tufts stand in the blurred background near a bridge. The figure is a devotee or sadhu, not an identifiable a person candidate; the visible cues are the turban and tuft rather than the distinctive presentation the page's a person flag would require.A photograph of men at the Kumbh Mela procession, lit by low warm sunlight. On the left, a bearded man in a peach kurta and vest wears a black turban with a tall black plume and brass ornament, holding a red pom-pom tassel and wearing a red-and-white checked shawl and a colourful woven bag. Behind him, a younger man in a pale lavender shirt with a red-and-white beaded necklace and a pink shawl holds a brass drum or vessel. A third bearded man in a khaki shawl wears a plumed black turban. At the right edge, a man in a grey shawl and an orange-and-black turban with a large brass ornament faces away. Behind them is a white vehicle and blurred figures. +1 copiesOutdoor procession at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela in bright daylight. In the foreground a bearded man in a red-and-white checked shawl and a turban with gold ornaments holds a brass bell with a red tassel and raises his arm while shouting. Beside him a man in a peach kurta and grey-green shawl holds small hand cymbals. Behind them, several men wear turbans with gold medallions and tall dark feathered finials, some in orange and saffron tones, carrying long poles topped with feather plumes. Many onlookers stand among them. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible. +1 copiesOutdoor photo in warm low sunlight at a crowded festival procession. A bearded man in the foreground wears a dark turban with a gold medallion and tall dark plume ornament, a peach-coloured kurta and an olive shawl; he holds a round brass percussion instrument. Around him, other men wear peach and saffron robes and similar tall plumed turbans with gold ornaments. A man behind wears a white kurta, a red-and-white rudraksha-style mala and a tilak on his forehead. A woman in a red-orange shawl stands in the background. A colourful woven bag hangs on the left. No clear identity of any a person candidate is visible beyond these ceremonial attendants.Close profile photo of two bearded men in ceremonial turbans at an outdoor procession. The man on the left wears a pink and dark purple turban with a brass hook ornament and tall dark plumes, an orange shawl, and holds a wooden drum or drum rim. The man on the right wears an orange turban banded in dark purple with a round gold ornament at the ear, a yellow shawl and a white shirt. Blurred bridge and structures appear in the background.A photograph of a group of men seen from behind at an outdoor festival site. Several men wear tall turbans in orange, pink and cream, each topped with a dark plume of bristle-like tufts and a brass finial with bells. Their backs are turned toward the camera; one wears a cream kurta with a beige shawl and another a pink and white garment. A yellow canopy and a pale tent stand behind them, with a red flag on a pole and power lines overhead under hazy sky. +1 copiesPhotograph from a procession at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela, seen from behind a group of men in ceremonial headdresses. Several figures wear turbans topped with dark feather plumes and brass finials: one in orange with a dark braided wrap, another in pink and black striped cloth, and others in white, peach and pale pink garments with saffron-orange shawls. A yellow canvas canopy and a tent stand behind them, with a small red flag on a pole and bamboo poles and wires overhead. A man in the lower left wears a grey-white shawl. The scene is outdoors in hazy daylight. +1 copiesOutdoor photograph at a crowded festival site with tents and blurred figures behind. Centre: a bearded sadhu in an orange turban and a dense layering of dark brown rudraksha beads draped over his head, shoulders and chest, smiling slightly. To the right, a man in a cream-coloured kurta with a white collar looks back over his shoulder. A partly visible person in dark clothing stands at the left edge. Overlaid on the image are a dove logo at top left and a copyright notice at bottom right. +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd inside an orange-draped tent. In the centre stands a bearded sadhu in an orange robe and a red turban, with long matted locks falling to his chest and a red shawl draped over one shoulder. He holds a trident (trishul) upright beside him and gazes upward. Around him, devotees in orange vests, white kurtas and a man with folded hands stand close together, with a bare-chested man at right. Orange and patterned fabric hangs from the tent poles behind them.2013-02-08May 11 20162016-05-11