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Night photograph of a crowded outdoor tented pavilion decorated with string lights and small triangular flags on poles. A man with long dark hair and a bare chest, wearing a white dhoti and gold necklaces, holds a tall staff while people in saffron and orange robes and yellow clothing surround him. In the centre a figure in a red-and-gold garment with a large pale orange turban stands near a bald man in an orange robe with a gold-beaded mala and glasses. Devotees in white kurtas and yellow caps fill the foreground, and a decorated stage with floral arrangements appears at the back.

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May 07 20162016-05-07May 10th 20162016-05-10May 16 20162016-05-16Night procession inside a large white and red tent during the Kumbh Mela, with many people in saffron and orange robes. In the centre, a woman in a red sari and red turban wears heavy gold necklaces and bangles, and gestures with her hand as she walks. Beside her, a young man in orange wears a rudraksha mala, and a man in white holds a long ceremonial staff. A bearded man in orange in the lower right wears beads. Bare light bulbs, strings of lights, and red fabric overhead light the scene. No candidate for a person is visibly identifiable from appearance.2016-05-11May 08 20162016-05-08 +1 copiesApril 22 20162016-04-22April 21 20162016-04-21Night procession at an outdoor venue with a crowd of devotees pressing around a central group. A man in an orange-red saffron robe and a matching orange-red turban walks at the centre, with a rudraksha-style mala across his chest. Beside him, a younger man in orange dhoti and shawl with a strand of beads and a bare chest walks to the left. Behind, a bearded man in orange robe and beaded necklace walks, and a man in white shirt with an ID lanyard holds a long staff. Many men in white shirts, orange clothing and white dhotis surround the group, some with folded hands. A plain orange and white wall and a dark sky form the background.2016-05-0727 ஏப்ரல் 2008 உலகளாவிய இந்து சமுதாயங்கள் +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowd at an outdoor event, lit by a distant floodlight and string lights. In the left foreground a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair wears a white dhoti with red waist cloth, a heavy gold-beaded necklace and red armband, and holds a tall silver staff. Around him devotees and volunteers wear orange and saffron clothing, several with orange headbands, yellow and orange shawls, and rudraksha malas. A man in the centre wears a deep orange turban and orange robe. Many more people fill the background under tent canopies.2016-05-07May 11 20162016-05-11Night photograph of a crowd at an outdoor festival camp lit by white tube lights and string lights, with an orange-draped tent and a blue canopy with hanging crystal beads overhead. In the centre, a man in a rust-coloured robe and an orange-brown turban stands with hands folded at his chest, wearing a long gold necklace and a garland. Beside him a long-haired man in a white dhoti and gold chains holds a silver staff, and a shaven-headed man in rust robes with a rudraksha mala and glasses stands close. Several people around them hold up mobile phones to photograph him, and a man in a blue cap and a saffron-clad elder with a white beard are in the foreground.2016-04-21