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September 15 2015

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A large red-and-brown signboard mounted beneath a red-and-white striped canopy at an outdoor site. The board shows a framed image of deities at left, a deity pair decorated in red garments and garlands with a bull figure and marigold garlands, and reads a temple name in large white Devanagari letters. No people are visible in the frame. Foliage and a utility pole appear in the background under a pale sky.2015-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15A photograph of a decorated entrance gate at the Nashik Mahakumbh 2015 with a pink banner reading a welcome in Marathi and Hindi for devotees, sponsored by Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram Aghor Shodh Evam Sansthan, Varanasi. Marigold and red flower garlands hang across the gateway. Flanking the banner are framed portraits: on the left a man with white hair and a garland, beside a seated man in white; on the right an elderly man in white seated in a wheelchair, and a multi-tiered pagoda-style tower. Several people in light shirts and trousers walk through the gate, and a red banner with Hindi text hangs inside.2015-09-15September 16 20152015-09-16 +2 copiesMay 03 20162016-05-03A large maroon banner over the gateway of Swami Svat Prakash Ashram, Rani Gali, Bhuptawala, Haridwar. It carries blue and white Devanagari headings and the names of the founder and supreme head, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Swami Atmanandpuri Ji Maharaj (Jire Wale). Two framed portraits flank the text: on the left a white-robed figure in a turban garlanded with orange and red flowers, and on the right a smiling man with a shaved head, orange robe and rudraksha mala, with a hand raised in a blessing gesture. Flower decorations surround the portraits, and a phone number is printed in the lower section. The brick gate and wall are visible below, and the banner is a printed graphic, not a group of people.2014-03-13February 15 20132013-02-15A photograph of a pink-and-orange temple-style gateway facade bearing a large blue banner painted with Shiva's face with trident and cobra, a group of figures in a boat, a bearded seated sadhu in orange robes, a shivling-type shrine, and a white temple spire. The banner text reads Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani. A smaller strip below carries Om and Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani text. No physical people are visible in the scene; the sadhu is a painted depiction.2016-04-22A large tent at the Kumbh Mela with red and white draped fabric and a banner reading Atal Peethadheeshwar Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sri Sri 1008 Swami Shukdevanand Puri Ji Maharaj. Several saffron-robed sadhus and monks walk in front of the entrance, one wearing a rudraksha mala and a garland. A bearded man in orange on the right touches his hand to his chest, while devotees in plain clothes stand nearby. Inside the tent entrance, a deity murti is visible.2013-02-15September 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesOutdoor scene at a large red-and-white tented pavilion with a banner reading Shukdevanand Puri Ji Maharaj, the banner also naming Atal Peethadhishwar Acharya Mahamandaleshwar. Several saffron-robed sadhus and devotees stand in a dusty lane, with a man in a saffron shawl and orange-robed monks greeting each other with folded hands. A bearded sadhu in an orange turban and saffron robes stands near the tent entrance; a woman in an orange sari and others in white kurta stand around, with a silver car parked at right. Corrugated metal fencing lines the lane.2013-02-15