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Night photograph of a festive procession on a road at a Kumbh-area camp. Central focus is an illuminated gateway arch with a lit sign reading Shri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani. A blue New Holland tractor stands in the foreground beside a white banner held by a man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red shawl. A woman in a saree and a person in saffron-orange robes stand among a dense crowd. Strings of multicoloured lights, orange flags and a white cut-out figure stand at right.

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September 15 20152015-09-15September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesNight street procession with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis, kurtas and shirts, many holding phones aloft to film. In the centre, a shirtless man with long dark hair wears white and gold garlands and a red cloth draped over his shoulder, appearing to be a sannyasi or ritual participant. A bald elderly man with long white hair wears white and gold-bordered cloth. Behind them, a decorated float or vehicle carries a deity murti framed by yellow and green garlands, with saffron flags and strings of coloured lights overhead. A lit arch and roadside crowd complete the scene.2015-09-13September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20132013-02-12September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20132013-02-10September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesNight procession at a Kumbh-style gathering: a maroon banner held aloft by a man in white clothes and a saffron-clad man on the left, showing two full-length portraits of a saffron-robed figure with garlands, red-and-gold turban and rudraksha malas, with large Devanagari lettering. Behind the banner, devotees in yellow, orange and red saris and white dhotis walk among orange-robed sadhus under street lamps. Some portraits show a robed figure whose printed caption reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamiji; the figures in the print are depictions, not physically present.2015-09-15 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13Night photograph of a procession on a dirt road lit by bright headlights and floodlights. Several figures in white clothing walk on the left side of the road. Two decorated vehicles move through the scene: a flatbed or tractor-style float carrying a lit ornate structure with a deity murti and bright lamps, and a second vehicle with a canopy or decorated frame. Blurred coloured lights glow in the background near trees and a gateway, with small lens flare spots above. Dark surrounding landscape.2016-03-02