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Night photograph on a riverside ghat walkway lined with red and white bollards with reflective tips, the water glowing orange from street lamps under a hazy sky. A uniformed security officer in camouflage fatigues and a dark cap stands on the left, facing away toward a procession. In the distance, a palanquin-style carriage draped with a white banner and red decoration is being carried by several people in light clothing, escorted by another uniformed officer. A red flag flies from a pole at upper left, and a lit building stands at the far right edge.

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Night photograph of a concrete ghat path leading toward a river lined with lights at a Kumbh Mela site. A man in a dark olive jacket and khaki trousers stands on the right beside wooden railings and small lamp posts with flames. Further along the path, several figures in white and saffron robes stand under tall ceremonial poles with orange flags and circular decorations. Strings of lights cross overhead toward a bridge in the distance.2013-02-15A night photograph of a long concrete pontoon bridge over a river, lit by warm orange street lamps and their reflections on the water. A group of about ten people in white and saffron clothing stands near the far end, beside red and saffron flags on poles and a palanquin-like covered platform. Fenced railings line both sides, and a lit white temple-like structure appears in the distant background.2013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15Night procession on a narrow raised walkway above a river, lined with small lit lamps on red-and-white posts. A large saffron flag bearing a bird emblem leads the group, and several men carry ceremonial standards with decorative fringed banners and a tall painted staff. Participants wear white dhotis and shawls, orange and saffron robes, and red garments, walking in a long line. City lights glow across the water in the background under a dark orange sky.2013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15February 12 20132013-02-12February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10A night procession crosses a narrow pontoon-style bridge over a river at a riverside festival site, with rows of lit lamps on the bridge railings and city lights glowing along the far bank. Many devotees in white and orange-red clothing walk in a long line carrying orange and saffron flags, ornate banners, and a large gold-coloured ceremonial standard, several people holding lit torches or lamps. Foreground figures wear white dhotis and shawls, with some in saffron and purple garments. Large round metal drums sit beneath the bridge. Murti-style lamps and flags mark a ritual procession.2013-02-15February 10 20132013-02-10Night photograph of a narrow concrete pier at the Kumbh Mela riverside, lit by rows of red-and-white marker posts and street lamps under an orange-hazed sky reflecting on the water. A small group of people walks away along the pier, several wrapped in shawls against the cold, with a few figures in the distance. The landscape is hazy with rows of distant lights. Watermarked archive image; no clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-02-10