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Outdoor street photo of a large crowd of women, girls and young children lined up along a dusty roadside in front of low houses and palm trees, looking toward something off-frame. Many women wear sarees in orange, pink, green, navy and purple; one woman in the centre wears a pink shawl over a saffron-orange top. Strings of yellow and green bunting stretch across the street. A roadside sign in Kannada reads 7th Maha Kumbhamela with a banner beside it, and a person stands on a vehicle at the back. A man in white clothing is partly visible at the right edge. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.

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February 02 20072007-02-02A crowd of devotees, mostly women and children, stands in a long queue along a yellow wall painted with large red Kannada lettering. Several older women in cotton saris, one in pale peach with a gold border, hold small children; a girl in an olive-green dress and a girl with a red hair flower stand near the front. A young woman in a rust-and-red floral kurta and dark glasses stands at right, and a man in a white shirt and cap stands behind. Yellow bunting hangs at the upper left. No a person is clearly visible in this image.2007-02-02A crowd of villagers pressed together outdoors under a large tree with palm trees and a white building behind them. In the foreground a woman in an orange-red sari with a red bindi and beaded necklace looks toward the camera, and a young girl in a red top stands beside her. A toddler in a bright blue top is held up by a woman in a pink sari, and another small child in white lace is carried at left. Many women in saris and men in shirts fill the background, some smiling, and a framed picture hangs on the tree trunk at right.2007-02-02Outdoor village gathering under a striped awning with orange streamers and a flagpole, during an event with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a woman in a yellow-green saree with a yellow blouse stands with hands clasped, and a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl stands at right. Behind them women in colourful sarees and men in white dhotis and shirts stand close together among mud-walled houses with thatched roofs. No a person appearance is clearly visible among the people shown.2009-08-03A crowd of villagers gathered outdoors under a leafy tree and palm trees, many women and children watching eagerly. In the foreground a woman in an orange-red sari with a red bindi and gold earrings smiles broadly; beside her a girl in a blue top holds a small child. A framed religious picture hangs on the tree trunk at right. White-walled buildings and a banner are visible in the background. Behind them, a few men and boys stand among the onlookers.2007-02-02A large outdoor crowd of devotees sits densely packed on a street in front of a white two-storey building with green shutters and a balcony. Many people sit with palms pressed together in anjali, facing a direction off-frame toward a speaker. Women wear cotton saris in red, yellow, blue and pink, and several children are visible in the crowd. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis. Orange saffron flags on poles stand along the street, and a thatched shelter with a few people is at the upper right. A person in a white shirt at the lower right raises a hand toward the group.2009-11-25Outdoor photo of an evening procession on a dirt ground lined with tall palm trees. On the left, a long line of people in white and green clothes stands along the edge, some holding green and yellow cloths. A woman in a white sari with a black bag walks in the centre toward a white structure with a tall orange-and-white pole. To the right, several men in white shirts and dhotis and a woman in a yellow sari stand near devotees including a girl in a white top and a woman in a blue sari. Large banners on the right show a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with text in Kannada. Several people are visible in the scene.2010-02-12A large crowd of devotees stands outdoors on bare earth beneath palm trees, watching a procession or ceremony. Two ornate umbrellas with orange, blue and multicoloured fringed canopies stand at left, and a tall wooden ritual pole rises at centre-right. Many people wear white garments, saffron-orange and pink saris and kurtas, and several children in mixed clothing stand in front; some hold their hands folded in namaskar. Several women wear garlands and rudraksha-style necklaces. A white van is visible at right.2006-12-25Outdoor photograph of a village street procession at a Tamil Nadu temple area. A large crowd of women in colourful saris stands close together, many with arms folded: a woman in red blouse and mustard-yellow sari at left, a woman in brown sari with gold-trimmed blouse at centre, a woman in teal blouse and blue floral sari in the foreground, and a woman in green blouse with red sari at right. Behind them a printed banner shows a portrait of a man with white head covering and smiling expression, carried on a pole. Palm trees, a bright cloth canopy with pink and blue tassels, and a white-walled building with a small roof sculpture of a bull are visible. Several men in white shirts stand at the edge.2006-10-16Outdoor photo of a long queue of devotees standing along a dirt path in a rural ashram setting, with palms, rocky hills and small buildings behind them. Many women wear white or cream dhotis and saris with gold borders, and one woman in a pale green saree stands at the centre with her palms pressed together in namaskar. Several women hold their hands folded in prayer, and a few children stand among them, including a girl in a white top and a boy in a white shirt at right. The scene suggests a darshan line or procession waiting.2006-12-28July 23 20092009-07-23A large outdoor crowd of villagers fills a dusty street in Pattanam, Tamil Nadu, pressing together during a procession. Most people wear white shirts and dhotis or saris in cream, red, pink and yellow; several women wear red and maroon saris with kumkum bindis and gold necklaces, and a bald older man in the foreground wears a white shirt. A young man in the lower left has a yellow tilak on his forehead. Behind them a blue-and-white banner hangs from a pole, showing a painted portrait of a figure in an orange turban and a Tamil caption. Tiled-roof houses, a banana plant and a bamboo flagpole line the background.2008-07-28