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Outdoor temple-grounds scene under a white and blue tented canopy on sandy ground with a red carpet at right. Five men in saffron and maroon ochre robes with gold-edged borders walk in a line, several wearing rudraksha malas and one with a shaved head. A man in a white dhoti and bare chest walks at left, and a bamboo pole stands in the foreground. A blue sign at right reads Photography, Video Camera, Mobile Camera, and Audio recording, marked Strictly Prohibited. Banners of yellow, red and blue hang behind, with palm and tree foliage beyond.

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May 30 20152015-05-30Outdoor procession on a red carpet under a pavilion with pink and red draped fabric and a banana leaf in the foreground. A long-haired man in a maroon dhoti with gold borders and a mala of rudraksha beads walks forward at the centre, with a garland around his neck. Around him, sannyasis in saffron and orange robes walk alongside, one in saffron carrying a cloth, and a bald man in maroon robes with rudraksha malas walks at the right edge. Several figures wear saffron turbans.2015-01-12A photograph taken under a white and orange canopy at an outdoor event, with a sandy ground and orange fabric screens behind. In the centre, a man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing layered rudraksha and gold-coloured necklaces and a head covering, walks forward. Beside and behind him, several people in white dhotis and shawls, some with garlands and beaded necklaces, walk in procession. A tall gold-and-white parasol stands behind them. At left, a man in an orange robe holds a camera on a stand. The figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to attribute to a specific person.2016-04-21January 12 20152015-01-12December 30 20092009-12-30January 13 20152015-01-13May 30 20152015-05-30January 13 20152015-01-13September 14 20152015-09-14December 18 20162016-12-18Outdoor procession under a tented canopy on a sandy path with a red carpet edge. A man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead wears a rust-red robe with gold borders and a long rudraksha mala, walking at the front. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with gold-edged shawl and rudraksha mala walks. Behind them a man in orange robes with a white tilak and beaded necklaces walks, and another in orange robes follows at right. Several turbaned men in orange and yellow stand in the background, and a tall white screen panel and blue-and-red draped backdrop frame the scene.2015-01-12Outdoor tent gathering at a Kumbh Mela camp under a canopy of patterned orange, yellow and red fabric with pink bunting. A bald sadhu in orange saffron robes with a bare upper torso stands facing a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, who is smiling and gesturing with his hands. Around them, several saffron-clad sadhus and mahants stand together, one wearing a gold-trimmed orange shawl and a garland, while a uniformed police officer, a man in white with a red shawl, and a cameraman with a video camera stand at the edges. Bare ground and cloth-covered tent poles frame the scene.2013-02-15