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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event. A large red and multicolored umbrella with tasseled fringe stands at left, beside orange flags reading partly 'Dhyanapeetham'. On the right, a decorated palanquin-style chariot is draped in marigold garlands and hanging gold-tipped tassels, with a golden seat. Near it, a bare-chested man in orange cloth raises his arm in the crowd, and several people in white and saffron stand by the vehicle. A camera operator is visible at lower left, and the crowd is dense in the foreground under a dark sky.

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Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a decorated palanquin at right, its canopy hung with marigold garlands, golden finials and turquoise tassels, carrying a seated figure wearing an orange-red garment and an ornate gold crown and headdress. A red fringed parasol with tassels sits at left, and orange and saffron flags on tall poles are raised above the crowd. Standing beside the palanquin are bare-chested men in orange-brown dhotis with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a white-clad attendant. Devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls fill the foreground, one raising a hand. A black loudspeaker stands on the ground near white-clad bearers. The palanquin appears to lead a procession toward the river bathing area. Whether the seated figure is a person is uncertain, as the view is distant and only partly reveals his appearance.2013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event. A large red and multicoloured parasol with tasselled fringe is held aloft above a crowd. Saffron-orange flags bearing a dark crescent-and-dot emblem and printed text are raised on poles. Behind them an ornate palanquin-style float is draped with marigold garlands and orange-blue fabric. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, wearing orange cloth, stands near the float with his hands together, and a man in a dark turban is visible beside the float. Several onlookers and a cameraman with a camera fill the foreground.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela event. A large multicolored umbrella with red, yellow and green panels and tassels is held on a pole in the foreground. Behind it, a decorated palanquin or ratha with a saffron canopy, blue fringe and strands of orange and yellow marigold garlands carries a seated figure in orange and red garments. Orange saffron flags with white lettering are raised by a hand at left, and painted decorative poles stand nearby. Several people in orange and white attire are near the palanquin, and bright lamps glow in the dark background.2013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with a flower-garlanded ratha or palanquin carrying a seated figure in red and gold under a blue-and-orange canopy with tassels. Around it, saffron-robed men walk with ceremonial staffs and standards; one man in a saffron dhoti with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left, raising a staff. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red cloth at right holds a microphone-like object near the chariot. Crowds surround the procession, many holding orange flags, under warm streetlights. Bodies appear smeared with white ash or sacred clay.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event, lit by street lamps through haze. A large ornate ratha or palanquin, decorated with marigold garlands, fringed tassels and a gilded canopy, carries seated figures in red and gold garments. Ceremonial multicoloured parasols with tassels shelter the float. In front, a figure in white dhoti and shawl stands on the float beside the central seated figure, with a trident-like staff nearby. Crowds of devotees surround the float, many in orange and saffron clothing, several holding saffron flags on poles; some men have white tilak markings and white dhotis.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a decorated ratha canopy hung with marigold garlands and colourful tassels. A figure in a red-and-gold crown and red robe stands on the ratha, one arm raised, with a garland around the neck. Around the platform, sadhus with ash-smeared faces, orange and saffron cloth and rudraksha malas walk and carry orange flags and long staffs. A large black speaker sits on the platform. Warm orange light and dark night sky surround the crowd.2013-02-10Night procession on a decorated ratha or float with a canopy of blue and orange fringed cloth, marigold and white flower garlands, and hanging tassels in pink, red and blue. A standing figure in an orange-red robe, a red-and-gold crown or headdress and a pink-and-white flower garland raises both hands and smiles toward the crowd. Beside him, two white-clad attendants or priests stand at the front of the float, and a film camera operator is at the right edge. A large orange flag or banner blurs in the left foreground. The figure's appearance has several ceremonial cues (crown, saffron robe, flower garlands), so the candidate is probable Swamiji, shown being carried in procession rather than seated on a throne.2013-02-10February 12 20132013-02-12