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A street scene at a temple-lined roadside in Ujjain, with a pink-walled shrine topped by a sikhara and a large banner painted with deity imagery on its facade. Along the right, several men hold tall red flags with a cow-emblem design, and people in white and light clothing walk past metal barricades. On the left, a large printed banner advertises the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela with dates in Hindi. A tall pole with dangling cloth and marigold-like decorations rises beside the shrine under a pale sky. Several dozen people are visible in the crowd.

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Outdoor scene at a Kumbh-style gathering: a small pink-and-orange temple structure with a tiered kalasha-topped spire stands behind a metal barricade. A large banner on its facade shows painted deities and reads a Hindi title. Red flags on tall poles stand at right, and blue ceremonial umbrellas are set up near the crowd. Many people in mixed clothing move around the barricade and a tall wooden pole with a hanging strand. Bare trees and a pale sky frame the scene.2016-04-18A dense outdoor procession moves through a crowded open street with a pink temple tower behind it. Red flags with a yellow-and-orange emblem wave overhead, and a blue canopy is held over a palanquin-style carried shrine on poles. Many devotees in white clothes and saffron or orange garments press close, some with hands folded in prayer. A man in a white shirt and red shawl stands at right, and a man in a saffron cloth and gold necklace is among the crowd. Parked vehicles, tents and bare trees line the background under a pale sky.2016-04-18A large crowd of men and some women walks through a salmon-pink temple-style gateway with a tiered domed tower topped by a kalasha. A long red flag streams from a pole at right, and a pole with a fringed cloth hangs at upper right. Blue banners on the gate show deity images and a Sanskrit-style banner reads Shri Panchayati Akhada, with side banners reading Swagat Vandan Abhinandan. Some people wear white kurtas and orange or saffron cloth, and police in khaki stand in the crowd. Bright daylight, bare trees and a bus are visible behind the gate.2016-04-18A large outdoor procession moves down a dusty road lined with trees and utility poles. Many people in white dhotis and white kurtas walk among waving saffron-red flags, with a gold ceremonial palanquin or ratha carried at the centre beneath a yellow umbrella. Police officers in green-and-yellow reflective vests line barricades on the left. A pink temple tower stands at the right edge beside a hanging banner, and small stalls with green awnings appear in the background.2016-05-21A photograph of a dense crowd at sunset during a Kumbh Mela procession, with many people in red and orange clothing and numerous red and orange flags held aloft. Several large ornate umbrellas, in yellow, pink and gold, are carried over a central procession group, with a figure in the middle wearing a red-and-white garment. A pink multi-storey building with a tiered roof stands at right, with a banner reading Mahakumbh and a Sri Akhandanand Saraswati Seva sign along its front. Bare winter trees and strings of lights frame the scene under a low sun.2016-04-22A pink-and-orange ornamental gateway with a tiered spire stands at a crowded outdoor site under a pale blue sky with wispy clouds and bare trees. Its arch carries a large blue banner depicting a deity and seated saints, and side banners show robed figures in orange and red. In the foreground, red cloth streamers and marigold-like garlands hang from a pole, and a crowd of people in white, orange and saffron clothing, plus uniformed police in khaki, moves through a barricaded area. A metal barrier fence runs along the left edge.2016-04-18A pink-and-orange ceremonial gateway with a tiered spire stands at an outdoor festival site, framed by red flags on poles and a bare tree. A large blue banner on the gate shows a painted deity figure with a crescent-topped head, above a line of seated figures and a ritual vessel. Below, a blue banner shows a man in red and orange robes with a turban and staff, beside the words for welcome and felicitation. Crowds of men in white kurtas, saffron and orange garments, and mixed clothing walk toward and through the gate, with some holding flags. Overhead lines and trucks appear at the edges.2016-04-18May 21 20162016-05-21Photograph of a large outdoor procession at a pink gateway decorated with a painted banner of deities and the words Sri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani Ujjain (readable on the arch). Many people in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths walk among red flags held aloft and umbrellas in purple and red. A crowd of spectators in everyday clothes presses around them, with a camera operator filming in the foreground and police in khaki uniforms lining the route. Red and orange flags and banners fill the frame.2016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21A large pink temple-like structure with a tiered shikhara-style spire and a bright pink facade decorated with string lights and circular motifs stands at dusk in an outdoor crowd. A painted banner on the upper facade shows a figure of a deity murti. In front, many people in orange and white clothes stand among red and saffron flags on poles, and a decorated umbrella with a red and blue canopy, painted with a shivling and other motifs, stands at left. A man in an orange-and-red shawl walks near the umbrella while a pink mural sits behind them. Tents and trees line the background under a pale blue sky.2016-05-09A large crowd of men and some women walks through a pink-painted ceremonial gateway with a terracotta-tiled spire. A large banner above the arch shows a painted goddess and other deities, with Hindi text. Red and saffron flags on tall poles are carried by people in the foreground. Police officers in khaki uniforms and caps stand at the left edge, and a woman in an orange sari walks among the group. Blue welcome banners reading 'Swagat Vandan Abhinandan' hang on the gate pillars. Overhead utility wires and bare trees frame a blue sky.2016-04-18