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A large peach-coloured ceremonial gateway with a rounded arch stands over a dirt road at a Kumbh camp. The arch's upper band reads in Hindi-Devanagari script identifying Shri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani, with smaller text naming Bharjagir and Trimbakeshwar, Nashik. Painted turbaned warrior-saint figures in orange robes with staffs flank each side of the gate. Several saffron-robed sadhus walk along the road, a woman in orange sari carries a bundle, and an elderly sadhu in orange sits at the right edge beside a vehicle. Parked white SUVs and vans line the road, with a grey multi-storey building and orange flags behind.

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September 11 20152015-09-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA yellow vehicle decorated with garlands and a painted deity panel passes under a pink ceremonial gateway reading Sri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani. A man in saffron clothing stands atop the vehicle among black covers and orange ribbons, with a man in white dhoti and a red-bordered shawl pushing or guiding the vehicle from the front. Inside the vehicle, several murtis and garlanded images are visible. Painted saffron-robed sadhus with tridents appear on the gate pillars, and orange flags flank the scene under overcast sky. Uniformed police stand nearby.2015-09-15September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15Night photograph of a illuminated arched gateway decorated with string lights and marked with a saffron-coloured arch, leading into a camp. The gateway's signboard reads a Hindi-Marathi inscription for Sri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani, Bharjagir, Shakha Tryambakeshwar, Nashik. Painted figures of standing saints in orange robes flank the arch. Crowds of sadhus in saffron and orange robes, some in white, walk through the gate with saffron flags and ornate banners raised behind them. A man in a pink turban and white dhoti stands in the foreground, and children watch from the left. Strings of lights and buildings line the background.2015-09-15May 21 20162016-05-21A dense crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees presses toward the carved wooden entrance of the Swami Hariharanand Camp at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. Many men wear orange or saffron cloths wrapped over their heads and shoulders, and some wear pink and white shawls. Two large portraits flank the doorway, and a painted Krishna figure with blue skin appears on a banner. Painted lettering across the facade names the camp. A white SUV with its door open sits at the right edge of the crowd, and a tree and hills stand behind the street.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10A photograph of the entrance to the Swami Hariharanand Camp at a Kumbh gathering, a tiered brick-red ornate gateway with carved panels and kalasha-like finials topped with Om symbols. Several saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in orange clothing walk through and gather at the gate, some carrying cloth shoulder bags, while men in white shirts and a white-capped attendant stand nearby behind yellow metal barricades. Painted murals of deities and portraits of figures frame the gateway, and a banner in Devanagari script reads the camp name. Motorcycles and parked cars line the roadside under a grey sky.2015-09-10