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Outdoor festival procession photographed from a golden palanquin. In the right foreground a person in a rust-orange turban and saffron-orange robe, with a rudraksha mala and red-and-white flower garlands, sits facing the crowd, with gold-decorated canopy poles strung with white flowers and teal, pink and orange tassels above. Marigold garlands lie on the palanquin seat, and a mirror is set in the front. Along the barricades, a dense crowd of devotees and men in white clothes raise hands and orange flags under tall trees, with banners on poles behind. The scene is a ratha/palanquin procession during a Kumbh Mela-style gathering.

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May 21 20162016-05-21A photo from a festival procession seen from behind a figure seated on an ornate golden palanquin or ratha. The figure wears a rust-orange turban, a dark rudraksha-style mala and a red and white flower garland, with long dark hair visible. The golden carved frame is decorated with white flower strands and pink and teal tassels. Orange marigold garlands are heaped on the seat ahead, and a crowd behind yellow barricades raises hands and waves orange and yellow flags under trees. Appearance-based candidate uncertain; the figure is seen from behind and identity is not established.2016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21A photograph of a procession seen from behind a person in saffron-orange robes and a rust-brown turban, with long dark hair, a rudraksha-style necklace and gold bangles, standing on a decorated ratha or palanquin. Garlands of white and yellow flowers and pink and teal tassels hang above. Ahead, a seated figure sits amid orange marigold offerings. A crowd of devotees on the roadside raises hands in greeting, and a trident and tall decorated poles stand in the background.2016-05-21A photograph taken from behind a figure seated on an ornate golden palanquin decorated with white jasmine garlands, pink and teal tassels and marigold garlands. The seated person wears a rust-orange turban, orange-red robe and rudraksha-style beads, with a white flower garland. Orange marigold flowers lie on the red-draped seat, beside a mirror-framed tray and a tall silver trident-topped staff. In the background a large crowd fills a street lined with colourful stalls and banners, with uniformed police and security personnel standing among them, several raising hands. The scene reads as a procession with the palanquin carried through a crowd.2016-05-21A photograph taken from behind a figure seated on an ornate golden palanquin decorated with white flower garlands, teal and pink tassels and marigold heaps. The seated figure wears a rust-orange turban, an orange robe, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a white flower garland. Before him a large crowd of devotees and uniformed police in khaki stand behind barricades, with orange flags and banners in the background. A trident-like staff stands at the left edge beside a silver tray.2016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21A photograph from a festival procession at Ujjain Kumbh Mela, seen from behind a figure on an ornate golden chariot or palanquin. The person wears a rust-orange turban, orange robes, rudraksha beads, a red and white flower garland and gold bangles, and gazes toward a crowd. Above hang strings of white flowers and pink and teal tassels; in front are orange marigold garlands and a mirror. Crowds of onlookers fill the street, many raising phones, and tall stands and pennants appear behind them.2016-05-21