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Night-time crowd photograph at a festival grounds. A dense mass of people fills the foreground, many in everyday shirts, kurtas and saris, with a woman in a red-and-gold sari at lower left and a woman in a pink sari centre-right. Behind them a white tent stage glows with light, and at right a lit pavilion is hung with strings of bulbs, marigold-style garlands and red banners. A banner across the pavilion front reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham. Festoon lights line the structure and a decorated platform stands at left.

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May 01 20162016-05-01May 01 20162016-05-01A dense crowd of devotees fills a night-time pandal at an outdoor darshan area. Men and women in saris, kurtas and casual clothes, including yellow, green, purple, red and blue garments, stand close together. Behind them a large screen shows a colourful deity or mythological scene, and gold ornate stands or thrones flank the tent. Strings of orange and red floral garlands and hanging lanterns decorate the white tent ceiling. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the crowd in this view.2016-04-30May 01 20162016-05-01Night photograph of a large crowd gathered on a green mat in front of an illuminated white temple-style pandal at a Kumbh Mela setting. The structure is strung with lights and hung with yellow and orange decorative streamers, with red flags on its poles. Two decorated golden chariots or palanquins stand at the right edge, and a large screen shows a stage at the left. Many devotees in white, yellow, red and pink clothing move through the area, several holding phones. No individual a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the visible scene.2016-04-30 +1 copiesA large night-time outdoor crowd gathers on a green mat before an illuminated temple-style stage decorated with yellow lights, green and multicoloured garlands, and tall ornamental poles. A banner across the top reads in part of a temple or trust name. Many people in white shirts, saffron, red, yellow and green clothes walk or stand, some carrying bags or phones. A large lit screen at left shows colourful imagery. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd scene, and the people shown are attendees and devotees.2016-04-28May 01 20162016-05-01April 28 20162016-04-28Night-time photo of a large crowd on a green tarpaulin ground at an outdoor pandal event. Many devotees, men in shirts and trousers and women in saris and salwar kameez in red, pink, blue and white, move among white tent structures. A stage with golden decorative panels, red and orange drapes, hanging lights and a large video screen stands at the back. Strings of lights and red flags frame the scene. No individual can be identified with confidence as a person from this distance, so no appearance-based candidate is named.2016-04-25April 25 20162016-04-25April 28 20162016-04-28Night photograph of a large crowd gathered on a green mat outside an illuminated pavilion decorated with garlands, red flags and lights. Many people in everyday clothing, including saffron, white and red shirts, saris and a white turban, walk and stand across the ground. Decorated golden palanquin-style carts and a float with lights sit at the left and right edges, and a bright stage with a backdrop stands under a white tent roof.2016-04-30