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Outdoor festival procession at a crowded Kumbh Mela site. A bare-chested, long-haired ascetic stands on a raised wooden platform at left, reaching down toward a crowd. Below, many men in saffron and orange robes press forward, some in white kurtas, one with a white head cloth, many with orange turbans and gold necklaces. A large ornate parasol with blue, orange and multicoloured tassels and gold finials stands at right beside a gold-tipped staff. A blue banner at lower left shows a bearded saint in orange and white, and a painted deity figure. White tents and orange cloth stand in the background under a pale sky.

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January 21 20072007-01-21Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela-style camp. An elderly bearded man with grey hair and bare upper body leans from a wooden balcony draped with marigold garlands, looking down at a large blue printed banner showing a figure in orange robes. Below, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl with a rudraksha-style necklace stands among devotees; a white-robed priest with a white forehead mark and grey beard stands beside him. Several men in orange shawls and white clothes crowd the street. An orange and blue decorated umbrella with fringe and a golden trident-shaped finial stands at right, and a tent and orange walls frame the background under hazy sky.A photograph of an outdoor festival crowd at a temple-like wooden platform. On the left, a shirtless elderly man with long white hair and a white beard leans over a wooden railing, adorned with orange marigold garlands. Below him, a large blue vinyl banner shows a painted-style image of a long-bearded sadhu with cattle. In the foreground, a white-clad figure with head covered faces away. On the right, a smiling man in an orange turban, orange robe and layered beaded necklaces stands under an ornate blue and orange canopy with tasselled fringe. Several men in orange shawls and white shirts crowd around him, one photographing with a camera. +1 copiesOutdoor festival scene at a Kumbh Mela camp. In the foreground, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange turban, orange robes and a long gold-and-beaded necklace, with a gold ceremonial ornament above him. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron clothes and a white-robed figure with a white beard and tilak mark stand close together. A large blue banner shows a bare-chested sadhu with a long beard holding a staff beside cows. On a wooden platform at the upper left, an older bearded man with grey hair and bare shoulders leans over the rail, draped in marigold garlands. A red, blue and orange ceremonial umbrella with tasselled fringe and a golden finial stands at right, and a cameraman films the group. Tents are visible behind. A probable Swamiji is the orange-turbaned man with long hair and layered orange robes, shown in the same setting as the others.April 19 20082008-04-19April 19 20082008-04-19Outdoor gathering in Pattanam, Tamil Nadu, where a crowd of many villagers in white shirts, white dhotis and saris presses in under a tented canopy. In the left foreground a man wears an orange saffron turban and an orange robe with yellow border and long dark hair, seated and reaching toward the crowd; he is shown as a person candidate (long swept-back hair, saffron ornate clothing and turban). A bald elderly man in white and a man in glasses with a rudraksha mala stand near him. Behind them a tall ceremonial pole with blue and orange floral cloth, green trees and a white cooler unit. A child in white and a woman in a pink top with a braid and jasmine stand in the front rows.2008-07-28January 21 20072007-01-21 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20132013-02-10May 07 20162016-05-07January 01 20092009-01-01April 19 20082008-04-19