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Roadside view through a rusted wire fence and a yellow metal barrier onto a dusty field with a decorated arch at the Kumbh Mela area. The arch is wrapped in pink, purple and yellow fabric and hung with framed portrait banners, with orange flags flying nearby. Small temporary structures, a parked motorbike, a green road sign reading WAY TO MOLY BATH and hills sit under an overcast sky. No people are visible.

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Photo taken through a moving vehicle window of a rural roadside near a Kumbh camp approach. A wooden pole fence runs across the foreground beside a road with white lane markings. Behind it stands a decorated pink and red arch with painted panels and small figures, flanked by saffron flags on tall poles. A yellow metal barrier stands on the right with a white sign reading Maharashtra in Devanagari script and a red and white notice board. A green directional sign on the left, tarpaulin shelters and a parked motorcycle sit in a grassy field under an overcast sky. No people are visible.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10A roadside view of a green field enclosed by a rustic fence of crossed bamboo or wooden poles along a paved road under an overcast grey sky. Beyond the fence stand a row of tall pink and white banners with portrait images, a decorated entrance arch, and a large orange-and-white gate structure. A white domed structure rises to the right against distant hills, with trees scattered across the field. No people are visible.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10A photograph taken from a moving vehicle through a wooden-and-rope fence along a dirt road at a Kumbh camp entrance. A large white gateway arch bears Devanagari lettering reading Shri Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhada. Beside it stands a small yellow shrine-like structure with a pointed kalasha-style top, carrying a printed banner of several robed saints. Tall white banners with colourful portraits and deity imagery hang from a white pillar structure, with saffron flags flying above. A telecom tower and power lines overhead, a blue tarpaulin tent, red brick walls and green grass complete the scene. No people are clearly visible.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10A photograph of a pale pink ceremonial gateway at a Kumbh Mela camp approach, with a central arch flanked by two towers. Large printed banners hang on the gate and on roadside hoardings, showing portraits of several people. Yellow and white metal barriers and wooden poles line a dirt road, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at right beside a sadhu in orange robes. Green hills and rocky outcrops rise in the background under an overcast sky. Banners in Marathi and Hindi-style script announce the Kumbh gathering.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10Outdoor photo of a dirt-and-gravel roadside area at a Kumbh camp site with a corrugated metal shed on the left. A large printed vinyl banner is hung on the shed, showing a blue-skinned deity with a trident and a kalasha-like vessel, alongside a golden-yellow mandala-style design. Orange saffron flags on poles are staked along the path. Behind, a grey concrete gateway-style structure with arches stands under pale sky, with a few small figures and parked white vehicles in the distance. Weathered wooden poles and a yellow metal barrier frame the foreground.2015-09-10A photograph of a dusty roadside at a Kumbh Mela site near Trimbakeshwar, with a corrugated metal shed on the left covered by a large printed banner showing a blue-skinned deity figure with a trident, flanked by lamps and orange flames. A bamboo fence with a yellow metal barrier stands in the foreground, and orange saffron flags line the path toward a concrete gateway in the background. A few distant people are visible near the gate. a person is not visibly present.2015-09-10