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Night procession photographed from a crowd at ground level. A large ornate palanquin or ratha, heavily decorated with orange marigold garlands and a flat blue-topped canopy, is carried forward with lamps lit around it. Along the sides, tall decorated poles and banners show painted deities including a pair of figures in green and red and a four-armed goddess seated on a lotus. Dense crowds of men and women in shirts, saris, jackets and orange shawls surround the procession. A central sannyasi figure in orange clothing and a beaded necklace walks near the front, while others in white and orange move through the throng. Tents and lamps glow in the dusk background.

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February 12 20132013-02-12February 12 20132013-02-12Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style pilgrimage site under an orange-hazy sky, with many people crowded along the roadway. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and shawls have white and ochre forehead markings, one with a white cloth draped over his head. Saffron and orange flags on tall poles rise on both sides, and a large decorated yellow-and-red banner with a blue emblem is held aloft at center. Behind them, a decorated vehicle with garlands, glittering tinsel and marigold-like flower strings carries figures, and a red tractor-type vehicle with a canopy and tinsel fringe is nearby. Bright streetlights and a red illuminated sign glow in the background. Visible people number well above twenty.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a flower-garlanded decorated chariot under a blue canopy with hanging tassels, lit by oil lamps. Robed men in saffron and white walk alongside, some holding long ceremonial staffs and one carrying a kalasha-like vessel; a few devotees wear saffron with white-painted foreheads. A seated figure in ornate red and gold clothing sits at the centre of the chariot. Crowds of onlookers, some in shawls and blue bags, watch from the street, and a cameraman films from a vehicle on the right under orange, hazy sky. Printed banners appear at left. a person identification uncertain.2013-02-10Night procession crowd at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, with a dense mass of devotees pressing forward under smoky orange street lights. In the foreground, men in white and saffron clothing stand around a tall red-and-white flag on a pole, and some have white-painted faces and bare chests. On the right, an ornate decorated palanquin with a blue canopy, marigold garlands and a gold kalasha-like finial carries a figure in red and gold dress. Several priests in white dhotis stand near the carriage holding ceremonial staffs and fans.2013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbha Mela-style gathering in heavy smoky haze. A richly decorated palanquin-style ratha with marigold garlands, gold finials, a blue canopy and a saffron-and-gold kalasha-like top carries a central seated figure in red and orange robes. Around it, saffron-clad sadhus with white-painted faces and tridents stand near the chariot, and white-clad attendants push and steer the vehicle. A large saffron flag with a blue circular emblem flies at the right edge. Dense crowds of devotees, many in white and red shawls and headwraps, fill the foreground and background, with lit street lamps in the distance.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night photograph of a festival procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, smoky dark sky behind. A decorated ratha-style float covered in marigold garlands and orange flowers carries several robed sadhus in saffron and orange clothing, some wearing rudraksha malas and holding tridents. A large orange flag on a tall pole rises at right. A blue-and-gold canopy tops the float, and standing figures in white and red dhotis help at the front. A dense crowd of pilgrims in woollen caps and shawls surrounds the float, with orange-clad figures among them.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a decorated float-chariot topped by a blue-and-orange canopy, garlanded with marigolds and tinsel, carrying a figure in orange clothing near the front. A yellow embroidered banner hangs from a pole, and a red-and-white painted staff-like symbol stands nearby. A tractor-drawn trolley with tinsel fringing leads the procession. Crowds of people walk in dim orange haze, many holding red and orange flags. Men in the foreground wear white and orange clothing with white forehead markings, and one holds a red cloth. Hazy lamplight and a red sign are visible in the background.2013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering: a brightly lit, flower-garlanded ratha/chariot with a striped canopy and golden decorations moves through a crowd under hazy orange light. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and red cloth stands on the left, gesturing with one arm near a golden ornament. A man in a dark vest over white clothes stands at the centre of the chariot, holding a camera. A figure in white robes stands at the right side of the chariot beneath the canopy. Devotees crowd the foreground, and a saffron flag with a bird emblem is raised in front. A banner with Hindi text is visible at the left edge.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10