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Outdoor procession on a wide dusty road at a Kumbh Mela site. Four uniformed police officers in khaki caps and tunics ride horses in the foreground: brown, dark bay and a white horse on the right, the rider in the centre wearing khaki trousers. Behind them a crowd of white-clad devotees walks beneath orange and red flags and decorated umbrellas. A horizontal banner with Devanagari text hangs across the road, and a framed portrait hangs on a pole at right, showing a man with dark hair. Spectators in saris and casual clothes line the right side under a clear hazy sky.

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A procession on a wide dusty road at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela. Four uniformed police officers ride horses in the foreground: a dark brown horse, a bay horse, a chestnut horse and a white horse, with their khaki uniforms and caps. Behind them a group of people dressed in white walks beneath an orange saffron flag and raised ceremonial standards. Roadside crowds in colourful clothes, including a man in a blue turban, watch from both sides. +1 copiesA procession at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela on sandy ground. In the foreground a police officer in khaki uniform and cap rides a chestnut horse, with a white horse at left edge. Behind him a column of devotees in white clothing walks, several carrying colourful ornate parasols and a tall saffron flag on a pole. Some men wear white kurtas and white caps, and a woman in white with a red bag walks among them. Crowds in the background, with tents and utility poles beside the path. A small banner on a pole shows portraits and printed text. Onlookers in orange and saffron saris stand at left.May 09th 20162016-05-09February 10 20132013-02-10May 21 20162016-05-21Two uniformed police officers ride horses through a dusty fairground at the Kumbh Mela. The officer in front, on a white horse, wears a khaki uniform and a peaked cap and holds a long cane. Behind him, a second officer in a khaki uniform and cap rides a black horse. Behind them stands an orange-draped stall with a colourful temple-style arch painted with deities, a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, and a sign showing the Nithyanandapedia logo. Several dark stone Nandi bulls sit on a wall behind, and a crowd is visible at left, including a woman in a blue patterned shawl.2013-02-15May 09th 20162016-05-09A night photograph of mounted police on horseback at a Kumbh Mela area in an orange-lit haze. Two uniformed officers in khaki with peaked caps sit on brown and white horses in the foreground, one with arms folded. Behind them more riders and pilgrims wrapped in shawls walk along a dusty road under sodium street lamps. A white van stands at left beside a large painted hoarding, and a tall wooden lookout tower with a banner is visible at right. Visible people are many, but fewer than fifty are clearly distinguishable.2013-02-10May 09th 20162016-05-09A large outdoor procession moves along a dusty road lined with tents, stalls, and a metal footbridge in hazy light. Decorated elephants at the back carry ornate umbrella-like canopies with orange and gold finials and striped poles, and their riders wear orange. Men in orange and white dhotis and saffron shawls walk closely together, some wearing orange turbans and tilak marks. A bare-chested man on the right with white cloth and sacred thread and a tilak mark carries an orange flag. A red-draped elephant stands at the left edge with a child visible on its back. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2013-02-12May 09th 20162016-05-09Outdoor festival procession on a dusty road lined with yellow barricades and crowds. In the foreground, shirtless men in white dhotis with orange-gold borders hold a long bamboo pole and walk beside a row of uniformed police in khaki and camouflage, some with caps and lanyards. Mounted police on brown horses ride behind them under a sky of tents, flags and banners. A man in a purple shirt photographs the scene with a camera. Tents with white and yellow canopies and wooden barricades line the right side, with spectators watching. A large red and white banner with Hindi text hangs at left.2016-05-09