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Outdoor photo at the first USA Kumbha Mela, with a shaved-headed priest in a bare-chested state speaking into a microphone while holding a small object above a green-covered table with a coconut and smoke rising from it. He wears a multicoloured beaded mala, a white dhoti and a green-and-gold patterned waist sash, and a tilak marks his forehead. Behind him a man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands beside a rolled white cloth, and spectators in casual clothes, sunglasses and caps watch nearby. White and blue flags and orange poles appear in the background under a sunny sky.

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Outdoor ritual scene in bright sunlight at the first Kumbha Mela in USA. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti holds a microphone in one hand and a coconut in the other, while a blue smoke or flame rises from the coconut held by a man in a blue t-shirt at left. A man in glasses and a yellow-and-white shawl stands at right. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white, yellow and pink clothing watches, with red flags and greenery in the background. Gold-coloured ritual objects are visible at the lower left edge.2006-09-10Outdoor ritual scene at a festival stall. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a multicoloured beaded necklace speaks into a microphone on a stand, holding a coconut or offering. Beside him a man in a white shirt holds an incense or offering vessel with smoke rising. Behind a green-draped table stand brass deity murtis and bronze figures. Devotees surround the stall: a woman in a teal sari, a man in a grey patterned kurta, and people in white caps. Orange and red flags and bunting decorate the background.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor ritual photo at a Kumbha Mela-style gathering under a red, white and yellow striped canopy. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti holds a coconut in both hands over brass and gold-toned deity murti figures arranged on a green-edged cloth table. Smoke rises from an incense or offering stick nearby. Behind him, a man in white with a yellow-bordered shawl stands alongside devotees in white and saffron clothes, and a woman in glasses and dark clothing watches. A man in a blue t-shirt stands at the left edge. The scene reads as a puja with coconut offering.2006-09-10Outdoor photo at a festival procession. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at a table draped in green cloth, holding a small object above a white bag of offerings while figures in golden dress and small gold deity statues sit on the table. To the right, a bare-chested priest with a multicolored beaded mala and white sacred-thread markings speaks into a microphone. Behind them, a man in an orange-saffron garment with a yellow-and-red turban stands among devotees in white clothes, a woman in white with sunglasses, and a man in a blue shirt on the left. Tall decorated canopy poles with red and multicolored tassels and a white canopy rise in the background, along with a white flag bearing a blue emblem. A white sign with orange-red lettering is visible, and a banner reads Chinmaya Mission.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor photograph at a festival. In the right foreground a man in a white t-shirt holds a microphone in one hand and a coconut burning with an orange flame in the other, smoke rising from it. Beside him a man in a blue top looks on, and behind them a woman in dark-rimmed glasses and an orange top watches, with other spectators in white and red clothing blurred in the background. A gold-coloured ornamental object is visible at the lower left. The scene suggests a coconut-burning ritual at an open-air gathering.2006-09-10A shaven-headed man in a white dhoti and unstitched white shawl performs a ritual at an outdoor altar, holding a brass oil lamp (aarti) in his right hand and ringing a brass bell with his left. A rudraksha mala hangs on his chest. Before him sits a fire pit of dark wood and a silver bowl with red kumkum. Behind him, orange-clad devotees sit in white shirts and orange shawls; one seated man in orange has hands folded. A red-walled building, a golden chariot or palanquin, and kalasha-like offerings with coconuts, flowers and mango leaves stand in the background.2012-05-03April AF 2012January 09 20182018-01-09May 03 20122012-05-03November 24 20102010-11-24