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A printed letter held flat on a dark red cloth surface, photographed from above. The letterhead reads Shri Panchayati Akhada Mahanirvani with a photo of an elderly saint and a temple image in circular frames. The page background is a faded photograph of a crowd bathing in a river. The letter is in Hindi-Sanskrit script with a Shri Guru Kapil Maharshi invocation at the top, a date line, and a signature block at the bottom. Overall the scene shows a printed document as the only subject, with no physical people visible.

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February 21 20162016-02-21February 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesFebruary 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesA printed Hindi-language invitation card photographed flat on a red textured cloth. The card's top shows a crowd of bathers and saffron-clad sadhus at a river ghat above a large golden-white eagle-headed Garuda-like kumbha vessel with ornate gold decoration and wings. Below, a gold kalasha-shaped pot is framed by bathing sadhus in the water. A small circular portrait shows a bearded ascetic in orange robes seated atop the pot, and a white address label is pasted on the card. The card is a poster-style print for the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2016 camp of Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani.2016-02-21A printed greeting card or invitation with a glossy cover shows a crowd of bathers in a river at the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2016. Men with bare torsos and saffron cloths wade and splash in the water. A large golden kalasha pot sits in the lower centre, topped by a white eagle-like figure with spread golden wings and ornate gold necklaces. A small oval portrait of a bearded, ascetic-looking man with long hair is set within the pot. A pale address label on the card reads Nithyanandapuri, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham, Nithyanandanagar, Karnataka. The card sits on a red carpet.2016-02-21Photo 11741752Photo 11741755Photo 11742195Photo 11741754February 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesA street procession carries a maroon banner reading in Hindi 'नित्यानंद ध्यानपीठम्' and 'महानिर्वाणी अखाडा के महामंडलेश्वर' with the name 'परमहंस नित्यानंद स्वामीजी' in yellow, flanked by two printed portraits of a saffron-robed figure with a turban and garland. Three men hold the banner: at left a man in white dhoti with a red shawl and orange-red garland; at centre a barefoot man in white dhoti; at right a man in white dhoti with a gold necklace and red shawl. Behind them devotees wave red flags and a decorated palanquin or deity murti appears under a red canopy, with uniformed police officers nearby and a crowd lining a pink-walled street.2015-09-15April 22 20162016-04-22