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Indoor festival scene under a large white tent with red and orange paper lanterns strung across the ceiling and a hanging lamp at left. A red carpet runs down the center, lined on the left by a crowd of devotees behind a wooden pole barrier; several people wear gold-bead garlands and white dhotis. In the center, a man in white ritual clothes with a gold garland and a bare-chested figure hold up a wooden barrier while a monk in saffron robes with a shaved head stands barefoot at right. Devotees in colourful saris and shirts reach forward, some raising hands, a child is held in arms at left. Decorated red and orange umbrellas and ceremonial items are visible in the background.

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April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24A crowded night scene under a white tented pavilion with red carpeted walkway and hanging tassel decorations. A monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at right, hands folded, near a line of devotees. Devotees in white dhotis and saris, a man in a checked shirt raising hands, a child in a red top, and women in colourful saffron-yellow and green saris line a wooden barrier. Golden kalasha-style ornaments and red umbrellas appear in the background beside stalls. A man in a white dhoti with a beaded mala stands at left. Several dozen people are visible.2016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24 +1 copiesApril 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24Crowded festival scene inside a decorated tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela camp, with a red carpeted walkway lined by devotees. In the foreground a man in a brown robe wears a long multi-strand mala of dark beads and gold-coloured beads and stands with his head bowed. A smiling man in a pink shirt raises his hand, and several people behind him wave and cheer; a small child is held in a red bag strap. On the right, a bald man in an orange robe with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands beside a woman in white. Hanging paper lanterns, red and orange umbrellas and stalls line the tent. Many people are visible in the background.2016-04-24A photo taken inside a large white tent at a festival, with a red carpet running through a dense crowd of devotees. In the centre a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Around him men and women in white dhotis and saris, some in yellow and red, carry long poles and walk in procession. Orange and red umbrellas and ceremonial palanquin-style canopies rise above the crowd, and a large brass vessel sits on the carpet. Strings of marigold garlands and bunting decorate the tent ceiling.2016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24