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Photograph of the entrance to a building with a wide glass double-door system in blue-grey metal frames. A white horizontal banner above reads welcome text in red capitals for a Hindu Sangam and USA Kumbh Mela. Two tall decorative cylindrical poles with colourful painted patterns in red, yellow, green and blue, topped with pointed tips and yellow fringed bases, flank the doors. No people are visible in the scene. A small purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner.

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A photograph of the entrance to a building with a set of tall blue-framed glass doors. A long white banner hangs above in red capital letters reading Welcome to HINDU SANGAM & USA KUMBH MELA. On either side of the doors stand tall decorative cloth-wrapped poles, patterned with colourful panels of elephants and motifs in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, with gold fringed bases. The pavement in front is marked with chalk or coloured drawings. No people are visible.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor view of a temple-style structure draped with a maroon canopy bearing white English and Devanagari lettering reading Nithyanandeshwara Devasthanam. A tall gilded kalasha-topped pole stands at the centre, with a red flag fluttering from the roof corner above. Colourful painted pillars with lotus and elephant motifs hang beneath the canopy, along with orange and red decorative umbrellas. No people are visible in the frame.2016-05-08September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor photo of a whitewashed building entrance decorated for a celebration. Above the open doorway hangs a colourful fabric banner with the word a person in red letters bordered by multicoloured tassels, flanked by hanging striped cloth panels. A green-roofed canopy shelters the entrance. Four decorative umbrellas with yellow, red, green and blue canopies and bird motifs stand in front on the steps. To the left a printed portrait banner shows an older man in an orange turban beside the caption Nithyananda Gurukul. No people are visible.2007-10-21Photograph of an ornately decorated entrance to an open-sided ashram hall, framed by a red, blue and yellow textile arch with the word NITHYANANDAM in English lettering across the top. Banana plants and small umbrellas decorate the walkway. A round portrait of a robed figure with a turban hangs above the arch. Several women in colourful saris, one in green, one in blue and one in red, walk up the steps toward the entrance. A man in white clothing stands near the arch with a few other men in white shirts and dhotis behind him. An elderly man in a grey shawl stands in the foreground at left.2007-02-15A decorated float in an outdoor parking lot for the first Kumbh Mela in USA procession. A man in a blue t-shirt and white trousers walks beside the float, guiding it with one hand on a white draped side. The float has a multicoloured fringed canopy and a gold deity-like figure with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. Orange flags on poles flank the float. A large banner reads First ever Kumbh Mela in USA with a portrait of a man in white robes labelled Nithyananda. Another man in blue stands behind the float, with trees and a blue car in the background.2006-09-10Exterior of a white ashram building with a green corrugated-metal gabled entrance canopy. A banner reading NITHYANANDA in red letters with a blue and white border hangs across the front, flanked by decorated pillars in red, yellow and blue patterns. Three decorated umbrellas in red, orange, yellow and blue stand in front of the building, one with a bird emblem. Strings of colourful bunting hang from the canopy edge under a blue sky with large white clouds. No people are visible.2007-10-21A photograph of a decorated open-sided pavilion entrance with a corrugated roof and a round framed portrait of a saffron-robed bald man displayed above the arch. A long red, yellow and green embroidered banner reading "NITHYANANDAM" hangs across the entrance, flanked by banana plants and small parasol-style umbrellas in red, green and orange. Several women in colourful silk saris, including red and magenta tones, climb the grey steps toward the entrance, and a man in white dhoti and shirt walks near them. In the foreground a child in red and an elderly man with a cane stand at the left edge. The portrait above is a depiction, not a physical person present in the scene.2007-02-15September 10 20062006-09-10February 15 20072007-02-15A white building facade decorated for an event under a blue sky with cumulus clouds. Above the doorway hangs a multicoloured striped banner reading "NITHYANANDA" with a fringe of small pennants, and the gabled roof has green trim. Four decorated ceremonial umbrellas with red, yellow and orange panels, floral embroidery and tasselled edges stand around the entrance. Two decorated pillars flank the doorway. No people are visible in the frame.2007-10-21