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A crowd of devotees and visitors stands behind a wooden barrier under a decorated pavilion ceiling hung with colourful cylindrical paper lanterns and bright lights. In the foreground a woman in a red and gold sari and a man in a blue striped shirt raise phones to take photos. Beside them a man in a white dhoti and white shawl with a brown shoulder wrap and a gold-beaded necklace stands at the barrier, his face and hair in profile, appearance unclear. Several young men in T-shirts and a child in a checked shirt are also visible. The crowd is dense and extends to the background, with people leaning over the rail.

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April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24A photograph of a crowd of devotees packed behind a wooden barrier inside a decorated tent with white fabric canopy, colourful hanging paper lanterns and strings of lights. Several people reach upward with raised hands, one young man in a mint-green t-shirt stretches an arm high, and a woman in a yellow and maroon sari and a woman in a blue sari with an orange shawl also raise their hands. A man in a blue-and-white striped shirt holds a red object in the foreground. No a person figure is visible in the frame.2016-04-24Indoor crowd at a tented ritual venue with white canopy, hanging colourful tassels and warm lamps. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti wears a gold necklace and rudraksha mala, one hand raised to his face. Beside him stand devotees: a man in red shirt, young men in light green and blue T-shirts, a man in checked shirt, and an older woman in a green and pink sari with red bangles. Several people hold up mobile phones, and a wooden barrier separates the crowd from the ritual area.2016-04-24A photograph of a crowded devotional gathering under a decorated white tent hung with colourful tassels and paper streamers and warm electric lights. In the foreground, a brass trident and brass kalasha-style vessels stand behind a rope barrier. A woman in a white sari with a red-bordered orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands beside a man in a white kurta with an orange scarf and a red mark on his forehead; a young girl in white and a boy in an orange cloth stand near them. Many devotees press forward, several raising mobile phones, while a woman in a blue sari with hands folded in namaste and a child in pink stand on the right. Several people in the crowd are visible, with the rest of the gathering stretching back beyond the frame.2016-04-25A crowd of devotees stands behind a wooden rail under a large white tent with red-and-brown draped fabric and hanging tassels, at what appears to be a Kumbh Mela ritual setting. A bare-chested man on the left wears a white dhoti and a long multi-strand gold-and-beaded mala, and another man in a white dhoti with a beaded mala stands at center-right. Many devotees, including women in saris and salwar kameez and a young man in a mint T-shirt, raise their hands toward a lit lamp and flame at the centre, apparently during aarti. A man in an orange-and-white checked shirt stands at the right edge.2016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24A crowd of devotees stands packed behind a wooden barrier inside a decorated tent with white fabric ceiling and hanging colourful tassels. Many people raise their hands in devotion; one man in a yellow shirt wipes his eyes. A man in a white shirt and grey vest stands with hands pressed together, and a woman in a white sari with a gold necklace and red shawl smiles nearby. Overhead, a lit lantern and orange-draped ornaments hang near the tent roof, with stage lights visible on the right.2016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24