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Dusk gathering on a Varanasi riverfront with many people in saffron and orange robes, several wearing face masks. Tall red and yellow flags on bamboo poles rise above the crowd, and warm street lamps and lit shrine niches glow against a hazy sky. Shaven-headed monks and devotees fill the foreground and middle ground, with a blurred figure in orange in the front left. No clearly identifiable central figure is visible.

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April 30 20142014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30April 29 20142014-04-29Night photograph of a dense crowd of naked or semi-naked ascetics, sadhus and pilgrims packed on a riverbank at the Kumbh Mela, under warm orange-lit sky. Many have ash-smeared bodies, long matted hair and beards, and some wear rudraksha or flower garlands; a man in the foreground near the centre wears an orange garland and has long dreadlocked hair. Tall bamboo poles and staves rise through the crowd, with a row of bright torches or lamps along the far bank and a boat-like structure at left. Several people wear yellow and orange cloth. The scene conveys the Maha Snan ritual bathing gathering on the Ganga.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10April 30 20142014-04-30Night photograph of a large procession moving toward the river at a Kumbh Mela bathing ghat, lit by warm street lamps and a hazy orange sky. Many devotees carry tall orange and saffron flags on poles, and some wear orange or white cloth. Several people in the foreground, including a figure in white with a bare upper body and a person in an orange wrap, hold up flags or raised hands. No figure can be confidently matched to a person from appearance, so no candidate is claimed. Water reflects the lights along the shore.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night photo of a dense crowd of sadhus and devotees moving through a street at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela. Many bare-chested men wear orange and saffron cloths wrapped at the waist, some with shaved heads, one with a white-grey beard, and one wearing a bright orange turban on the right. A red flag on a tall pole rises above the crowd near the right edge. Men in white dhotis, a man in a green checked shirt, and others in ordinary clothes stand among them. Streetlights and a dim background light the scene.2016-05-21Evening crowd gathered at a riverside ghat under street lamps and a blue dusk sky. In the foreground a man in an orange wrap and an orange turban stands among the crowd, with a wooden-framed stall or carriage at left. Dense devotees in white shirts and yellow shirts fill the plaza, with a bridge and temple spires with domed roofs in the background.Evening crowd at a riverside ghat during the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, lit by street lamps and pink-lit steps. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, with a long gold-and-bead necklace, stands in the foreground with palms pressed together, while a woman in an orange sari with a beaded necklace and a man in an orange robe nearby also join their hands. Two men in white kurta-style clothing with pink-red cloth draped on their shoulders and wrists in red and gold threads face them, a bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala, and orange and red umbrellas and saffron flags line the water's edge with many devotees raising hands behind them.2016-04-24Dusk photograph of a dense crowd gathered on a riverside ghat with lit street lamps and a bridge in the background. In the left foreground a standing man wears an orange turban and orange robes with a dark cloth draped over his shoulder, looking toward the crowd. Around him a large crowd of devotees fills the frame, many in orange and red garments, with some women in saffron saris. Behind them, a bridge crowded with onlookers spans the water, and ornate temple spires and domed shrines line the bank under a deep blue evening sky with several tall lamp posts glowing.