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Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela camp road with a metal barrier and wooden poles. Four men walk past large banners: a banner shows a shaved-headed man with an orange tilak labelled as Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, and another shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe promoting a Nithyananda Satsang on Isha Vasya Upanishad. A third banner shows a bearded Swami Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj. Two men in saffron robes, one with an orange turban, walk in front, while a bearded man in a white dhoti stands at right and another in a light robe walks at left. A temple spire is visible in the background, and the scene includes a yellow barricade and roadside litter.

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September 10 20152015-09-10A photograph of a large outdoor banner at a Kumbh Mela site in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, with Hindi text announcing a welcome to Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani sadhus and devotees. The banner shows a mass bathing scene in the water and four small portrait photos of saints in saffron and red robes. In the foreground, an elderly bearded man with long white hair, wearing a plain white dhoti and shawl, stands with his back partly to the camera, looking at the banner behind a bamboo and wire fence. A yellow metal barrier and tree are visible. No figure on the banner is identified as a person, and the figure in the foreground is shown from behind and is not identifiable.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10Street scene at a Kumbh Mela area with a row of metal crowd-control barriers along a dusty road. Behind them stand several tall printed banners with portraits of saffron-robed sadhus and religious figures, one large maroon banner showing a bald man with an orange tilak labelled Simhastha Kumbh Mahaparv 2015 and a caption naming Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj. Other banners in Hindi and Marathi display multiple portraits and event text. A colourful tiered temple tower with a striped spire rises behind them under an overcast sky. A Maharashtra Police sign and a CCTV notice appear on the barriers. No people are physically present in the scene.2015-09-10A 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.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10February 12 20132013-02-12Outdoor procession on a dirt road with ornate umbrellas. A woman in a long orange sari with an orange head covering walks at centre, back partly turned. Beside her, men in white kurtas and yellow shawls hold long poles of the ornate multicoloured canopies with fringed tassels. On the left, saffron-robed sadhus with bare or shaved heads walk, one carrying an orange cloth bag. A bearded older man in white with a yellow shawl walks near the centre. A printed signboard behind lists an annadaan sponsorship offer in English. Shoes are left on the ground near the wall. Several people are visible.2009-12-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesOutdoor procession on a dusty road beneath a concrete flyover at a crowded mela. Several men in white dhotis and orange cloth walk in a group behind a large pink banner showing a portrait of a woman in red and gold with a printed caption reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham. Saffron flags with a blue emblem flank the banner. Bystanders, stalls with colourful cloth and produce, and tall bridge pillars fill the background, and a banner on the flyover carries Hindi text.2013-02-12