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Outdoor scene at a camp entrance in dusty open ground, with a white Ambassador-style car bearing a red beacon light and Uttar Pradesh registration plate in the centre. Uniformed security personnel in dark caps and camouflage-style uniforms stand beside the car, and a crowd of men in white kurtas, dhotis and a brown vest gathers around the open rear door. Behind them a tall orange gateway with a golden emblem and a striped red-and-yellow tent wall frame the entrance, with a white canopy and a banner overhead.

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February 14 20132013-02-14February 14 20132013-02-14Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela-style camp with a white Ambassador car, its rear door open, parked beneath a yellow gateway strung with marigold garlands. A soldier in camouflage uniform and black beret stands in the foreground holding a rifle. Beside the car, a man with white hair wears a light teal kurta and is being helped out or greeted by uniformed officers. To the left, several saffron-robed monks and devotees stand together, one bald monk in orange robes at centre. Thatched huts and a temple spire are visible behind.2013-02-14Outdoor scene on a dusty dirt lane in a large tent camp with white canvas tents, utility poles and orange flags. A group walks past a white vintage sedan on the left. Two figures in saffron/orange robes walk near the centre, one with a shaved head and bare feet, another in a longer orange wrap; both appear to be sannyasis or monastics, and a man in a white kurta and dhoti walks beside them. A uniformed security officer in camouflage holds a rifle on the right, and a young man in a lilac kurta with a white forehead mark stands in the foreground. Several other men in white and dark clothing follow behind. The lane is lined with tents and orange pennants, and the bright sky suggests daytime.2013-02-14February 14 20132013-02-14January 04 20182018-01-04Outdoor procession on a dirt road. A bare-chested, ash-covered sadhu with long grey hair and beard, wearing a garland, leans forward and pulls a white SUV by a rope while raising one hand. Behind the vehicle a red banner with white Devanagari lettering and garlands is mounted on its bumper. Beside the road stands an ornate decorated palanquin with a patterned canopy, gold-coloured frame and red-and-gold fringe; further back is another golden pavilion-like structure. Ascetics in orange and saffron robes, a man in white dhoti and a man in grey shirt walk near the vehicle, and a white-clad devotee walks at the left edge with a backpack. Tall trees and a red-earth slope frame the scene.2018-01-04A white Tata SUV with a red roof beacon and a red-and-yellow Hindi name board on its grille stands on a dusty ground while a crowd gathers around it. The board reads Shri Shri 1008 Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar. Left, men in white dhotis and a man in a red-and-white cloth stand close to the vehicle. Right, a uniformed security officer in camouflage fatigues with a rifle slung over his shoulder and saffron-robed devotees with folded hands face the car. A faint shadowy figure is visible through the windshield.2013-02-11Outdoor photo on a dirt road of a bare-chested, ash-smeared sadhu with a long grey beard and a flower garland, walking barefoot forward in the centre. Behind him a white SUV with a red sign. Crowds line both sides holding up phones; on the right, saffron-robed sadhus with orange shawls and marigold garlands stand with hands pressed in namaste, and a woman in a red salwar kameez and a man in dark vest and orange dhoti face him. On the left, people in white ritual clothes and an orange-shawled man in white sit and kneel watching.2018-01-04February 15 20132013-02-15Outdoor scene at a crowded Kumbh Mela site beneath a concrete overpass. In the foreground a uniformed security guard in camouflage fatigues and a dark beret carries a rifle. Behind him a group walks along a dusty road: a man in a long-haired central figure wearing orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with a white flower garland, flanked by sadhus in orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas, one wearing an orange turban, and a man in a beige jacket and orange dhoti. To the right, a man in white kurta and a man in a maroon shawl with white dhoti walk among others. Red and orange banners and a decorated vehicle with saffron fabric stand behind them, and a banner reads Sri Mahamaheshwar Mahamandaleshwar.2013-02-15Outdoor scene at a Kumbh Mela site on a dusty road, with a large concrete overpass in the background. A uniformed security guard in camouflage fatigues and a dark beret carries a rifle on the left. Behind him, a group of saffron-robed sadhus walk together: one in a long orange shawl and an orange-and-white garland; another, beside him, wearing a saffron head wrap, a long orange robe and rudraksha malas; several others in orange and maroon robes. A man in a khaki jacket and orange dhoti and another in white kurta walk nearby. Orange and maroon tents, a maroon van and banners stand behind them.2013-02-15