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A night procession at the Kumbh Mela crowd, hazy with smoke and dim orange light. Many devotees hold up tall white-tipped poles topped with saffron-orange flags bearing a dark emblem. In the foreground a young man in a white jacket and red knit cap raises an arm and holds a flag, and a woman in a saffron sari holds a flag at lower left. Devotees in white and saffron clothing and white-marked foreheads fill the frame, with a decorated chariot or float visible in the background. No identifiable a person is clearly visible in the frame.

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February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad under hazy orange sodium street lights. A large crowd of devotees walks barefoot along a dirt road, many raising saffron-orange flags on tall bamboo poles with white cloth tied at the tops. Men wear white dhotis and shawls, some with red sashes; one man in the foreground has long grey hair and a rudraksha-style mala. A bare-chested man and a woman in a pink sari appear among them. A tent city with red and white canopies lines the left side, and an ornate kalasha-style banner hangs above the crowd. The page-linked a person is not clearly identifiable among the marchers, so no a person candidate is named here.2013-02-10 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela on a dirt road lit by street lamps. Many barefoot men and some women in white dhotis and white shirts with red or saffron waist cloths march carrying tall poles topped with saffron-orange triangular flags. At right, a man in a black shirt and orange shawl walks beside a large white banner printed with a portrait of a deity and Hindi-style script. A decorated palanquin or ratha with lights and a deity figure is visible in the background at left. Several people carry a yellow-and-red ornamental banner. The scene shows a large devotional procession moving through the night.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with many people walking through a dusty, lamp-lit camp. In the foreground, several men wear white dhotis and white shawls with saffron-orange waist cloths, and some carry tall orange flags on poles. A man at left has white-painted face markings. Behind them, people in a mix of jackets, shawls, yellow and red garments and headwraps move forward, with a decorated float or ratha, lights and tall structures visible in the distance. Hazy lamplight and smoke fill the background.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10A night procession at the Kumbh Mela on a paved riverside road beneath a sodium street lamp. Many devotees carry long poles with orange and saffron flags, some reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham. Men wear white dhotis and white shawls, some bare-chested, with red sashes at the waist. A woman in a purple top and white dhoti walks on the left, and an uniformed police officer stands at the right edge in a khaki jacket and cap. The ground is bare, and several people have their feet bare as they walk in procession.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10