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A dense crowd of many people fills a night street lined with yellow and orange flags and barrier railings. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark blue caps hold back the crowd. Many men wear white kurtas and orange or saffron shawls, and some women wear white saris and bright veils. A tall white flag with a purple emblem stands at the left edge. Lit signage glows at the upper right. The scene appears to be a large public gathering or procession, with people pressing toward the barriers.

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May 09th 20162016-05-09Night photo of a dense crowd of sadhus and devotees along a barricaded road during a Kumbh-style shahi snan procession. Many sadhus wear saffron and orange robes, some with flower garlands and rudraksha beads, and some are bare-chested. Uniformed police in khaki and dark blue caps line the route and hold back the crowd, and a yellow barrier runs down the right side. Orange and red flags, illuminated tents and bright green lights fill the background, and several people hold cameras or phones. Crowd is large but only partly countable.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09Night photograph of a crowded outdoor pathway lined with yellow metal barricades during a large gathering. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps manage the crowd, while devotees in saffron, yellow and red garments walk through. A bearded man with long hair in a saffron/orange cloth stands near the center, and a bearded man in a red-maroon robe with a rudraksha mala stands on the right, with a light-coloured shirt worker nearby. Many people in white, yellow and bright sari colours fill the background, and tents with orange fabric are visible at upper left. Bright spotlights glow at the lower right.2016-05-09A photo of a dense, crowded night scene at a riverside ghat-style area, with a large mass of people packed together. Police officers in khaki uniforms and dark blue caps move through the crowd, one pointing with an outstretched arm. Many men wear saffron or orange robes and cloths, some are bare-chested with white dhotis, and others wear shirts and trousers; a few women wear sarees and head coverings. A yellow and red barrier and a bare-chested man with a pink turban stand near the front, with a dark tarpaulin on the left edge.2016-05-09Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees packed along a festival lane at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, with saffron flags and tent canopies overhead. Many women wear saffron and orange shawls and sarees, and men wear white kurtas and saffron scarves. Several volunteers in yellow-green high-visibility safety vests with reflective stripes manage the crowd on the left. A bare-chested man with a shaved head stands near the centre-left. A man in a white kurta with an orange lanyard badge stands at lower right. Bright stage lights and a large painted banner appear at the top right.2016-05-21A dense outdoor crowd gathers at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, with many people packed closely together under bright sunlight and haze. Women in orange, red and yellow saris and men in white vests and shirts face forward, some looking up toward the procession. A tall orange saffron flag on a pole rises at the right edge beside a yellow metal barricade. Several uniformed police or security officers stand among the crowd in the background. No individual can be identified as a person from the visible cues here.2016-04-22May 09th 20162016-05-09Dense crowd at an outdoor religious gathering, many men in saffron and orange garments and white shirts pressing together along a busy lane lined with green canvas tents and flags. Police officers in khaki and peaked caps move through the crowd, some in dark blue uniforms. A large white banner with a printed portrait of an elderly bearded man and Devanagari text is held aloft on poles beside orange flags. A shirtless man in a white vest and orange dhoti stands in the foreground, while a man in orange shawl is greeted by hands clasping. Many people are visible, mostly in the crowd.2016-05-09A dense crowd of devotees fills a street at dusk during the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, many women in saffron-orange and red shawls and garlands, some in blue and green saris. Yellow metal barricades line the left edge, with uniformed marshals in high-visibility green vests. Orange flags on poles rise above the crowd, and colourful tent banners and draped cloth decorate the background. A bald man in a white t-shirt stands near the centre, and a few saffron-robed sadhus appear at the back.2016-05-21A dense outdoor procession crowded with people. Two large banners with yellow borders, red panels and dove emblems stand at the right and left edges. Above, a multicoloured canopy umbrella with dove motifs rises over the crowd. At the centre, a man in an orange robe with a red-orange turban and a rudraksha mala stands among the crowd. Beside him, a bare-chested young man with long dark curly hair wears a white dhoti and a gold necklace. A uniformed police officer in khaki with a cap stands nearby. Men in white kurta and dark shirts, and several shaved-headed men in saffron and orange clothing, press around them. Behind, spectators sit on a stone wall in the background.2011-05-24May 21 20162016-05-21