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A nighttime procession on the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela, with a seated man on a decorated palanquin under a large orange and blue canopy with tassels. He wears a golden crown, orange robes, layered rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, and his lap and the palanquin are heaped with pink and white garland flower strands. He smiles and raises one hand. Around him, attendants in white dhotis with bare or orange-clad torsos hold silver trident staffs and ceremonial fly-whisk-like poles; a silver trident stands at right, and lamps glow across the dark river behind. Attendants: priests and devotees.

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February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela. A man with long dark hair wearing a gold jeweled crown, an orange saffron wrap and a pink and white flower garland raises his right hand in greeting while seated beneath a large orange and blue parasol-style canopy decorated with colourful tassels. He holds a silver trident-topped staff. Around him, saffron-robed priests wear gold and beaded necklaces; one at right holds a silver ceremonial staff with a finial. Lamps and fairy lights glow in the background. The page identifies this as Swamiji at the Mauni Amavasya procession, and a visible cue is the ornate crown and saffron clothing, so the central figure is a probable Swamiji (probable) in a ceremonial procession.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession photograph at a Kumbh Mela setting. A smiling man in an orange robe, wearing a gold crown, large red and white flower garlands and a rudraksha mala with gold ornaments, sits on a raised palanquin-style seat under a red, blue and gold canopy hung with tassels and flowers. Attendants in orange clothing hold ceremonial staffs, a trident and a decorated staff around him, with a bald attendant in white-and-orange at left. Silver and gold ritual objects and a dark velvet cushion lie in front of the seat. Hazy streetlights and a crowd of onlookers are visible behind. Probable Swamiji (wearing crown, orange robe, garlands and rudraksha cues).2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession scene at the Kumbha Mela. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes and an orange-brown turban sits under a large orange canopy with blue and teal fringes and pink tassels, wearing a thick pink and white flower garland, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklaces, and raising one hand. Beside him stands a silver trident, and another robed figure in orange holds a silver trident and wears gold necklaces and a headdress. Marigold garlands hang at left. The appearance of the central figure matches the page's Swamiji reference with several cues (saffron clothing, turban, rudraksha mala, gold necklaces), so the candidate is labelled probable.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes sits in the centre, wearing a tall gold crown set with red stones, a long garland of pink, purple and white flowers, and gold necklaces. He holds a silver staff topped with a trident while seated on an ornate palanquin-style seat under a large red, orange and teal canopy fringed with tassels. Around him, saffron-clad men with shaved heads and tripundra markings carry staffs, a silver trident and a golden kalasha, and some wear rudraksha malas and gold chains. Marigold garlands hang from the canopy, and oil lamps and street lights glow in the dusk. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure wears the crown, garland and orange robes, a distinctive combination of cues.2013-02-10