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A night procession in a courtyard with a red-washed wall and string lights overhead. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with red and white ash marks and beaded necklaces, carry tall brass tridents (trishula) with ornate kalasha-style finials, one bearing a lit torch flame. A man in a beige kurta and red shawl stands among them, and a few people in white and red stand behind, while a crowd of onlookers in saris, salwar kameez and casual clothes watches. Incense smoke drifts through the air.

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Night procession on a dirt ground with devotees carrying ceremonial items. A man in white dhoti and yellow shawl with a rudraksha mala plays a large double-headed drum with sticks. Beside him a man in saffron-orange robe with white forehead markings holds a tall staff topped by a red and gold canopy. A woman in white sari at right holds a lit torch with a flame, and another woman in orange sari wears a red-orange garment. Silver trident standards rise in the background, and a small crowd of devotees stands behind. The swami in saffron clothing is a sannyasi or priest role; no one is identified as a person.2010-11-19A night procession walks along a paved stone path lined with strings of green and white lights and a red-brown wall. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas with orange-red shawls carry decorated umbrellas in green, red and mirrored silver trim overhead. Among them, a man in a long white kurta and brown trousers walks at the centre, while a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and pendant walks nearby, and women in white clothes with orange-red shawls follow. Lit lamps glow in the background near a golden shrine structure.2017-03-02Night procession on a dirt path lit by flaming torches. Women in white saris with orange borders carry flaming torches, and men in white dhotis hold silver trishul staffs upright. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a leopard-print shawl walks at the centre, and a figure in white with an orange shawl walks beside him. Behind them a palanquin-like canopy with a striped orange cloth and a decorated deity murti is carried forward. Trees frame the dark background.2010-11-20Night procession photograph along a wall strung with multicoloured fairy lights. A row of men and women in white and purple clothing hold tall brass tridents, each topped with a small ornate brass finial, with smoke rising from one. Several wear red-and-brown rudraksha-style beaded malas. A man in a white dhoti stands at the centre-left, and a woman in a purple top and pink-and-blue patterned trousers stands at right. Red and orange flags and a yellow canopy are visible at the upper right. A drum is partly visible at left. Roughly a dozen physical people are visible.2016-12-09December 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copiesOctober 04 20162016-10-04Night procession at a crowded Kumbh Mela camp, lit by warm lamps. At the centre a man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with long hair and a gold-and-beaded garland, walks barefoot holding a tall gold staff topped with a finial, smiling. Beside him a second man in saffron robes and turban carries a gold trident-topped staff and wears gold necklaces. Behind them devotees hold ornate gold-and-blue ceremonial banners and a trident pole. At left a man in white kurta with a pendant dances and claps, and a woman in red shawl smiles. A woman in white with rudraksha beads, and others in orange, surround the procession, and a camera operator films at the lower centre.A large seated congregation in white clothing and orange-red shawls holds small oil lamps with lit flames in a hall. In the foreground, several people sit on red mats: a shirtless man with tilak and an orange-red shawl raises a lamp, a bespectacled man in white with a rudraksha-style orange mala holds a flame, and a woman in white with an orange sash holds a lamp while others with orange lanyards sit nearby. Behind them, rows of devotees in white and orange clothing press palms together. A standing figure at upper left in white holds a lit lamp. No visible a person candidate can be confirmed from appearance.2016-09-30Night ceremony in an open-sided pavilion strung with coloured lights. A bearded man with a garland of yellow flowers sits at the lower left, raised on a red-cushioned seat with a gold-coloured ornamental frame. Around a central cleared floor with rangoli patterns, many men in white dhotis and white shirts with red-and-gold shawls stand with palms joined, several holding brass kalasha-style pots on banana leaves. Smoke rises from burning incense or a homa. In the foreground a large golden trident stands on a metal base beside a brass vessel. Dozens of white-clad devotees and women in orange saris sit in the background.2017-02-23A large indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and hanging decorative streamers, filled with many people seated and standing on colourful woven mats during a ritual gathering. Many participants wear white dhotis and white kurtas with saffron-orange shawls and rudraksha malas. Several people hold tall ceremonial staffs and ornate golden parasols and umbrellas. Golden peetha seats and ornate brass vessels and kalasha pots are arranged on the floor, with a small flame glowing on one shrine seat. A bald man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at the right edge, and an orange flag hangs on the upper right wall.2015-09-12July 14 20132013-07-14December 17 20132013-12-17