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A photograph of a decorated ceremonial gateway at a Kumbhamela site, painted in red and orange with ornate scalloped roofline and pillars. A banner across the arch reads a welcome message in Kannada, with a row of yellow and green pennants strung beneath it. Beyond the arch, a dirt road leads into a hazy sunlit scene with trees, parked vehicles, a three-wheeler auto-rickshaw and a roadside banner. Several people walk through the gate in the foreground and middle distance, including a child and several adults in dhotis, shirts and saris, with a woman in the lower left corner.

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A photograph of a dusty village road at early morning light, with a decorated red and gold ceremonial gateway arching over it. The gateway bears Kannada script on its crown and is strung with yellow and green garlands. Several devotees walk toward the gate: a woman in a white sari with a long braid, a woman in a red top and patterned pink-and-yellow dress with a green head covering, a woman in a pink salwar kameez, a man in grey trousers and shirt carrying a bundle, and a man in a red turban at the right edge. Trucks, a utility pole and a white banner stand beyond the gate under a pale sky.2007-02-02May 08 20162016-05-08December 25 20072007-12-25A street scene at the entrance of a colourful blue and white temple-style gateway labelled in Hindi and English as Nithyananda Peetham, decorated with painted deity panels, red pennants and a sculpted figure. Crowds of devotees walk past parked white and black cars. Women wear yellow, pink and printed saris and salwars; men wear white shirts and caps. On the right, a tall statue stands beside an ornate canopied palanquin with red and orange drapery and red flags. Several people are visible in the crowd.2016-05-08A large crowd of men and some women walks through a salmon-pink temple-style gateway with a tiered domed tower topped by a kalasha. A long red flag streams from a pole at right, and a pole with a fringed cloth hangs at upper right. Blue banners on the gate show deity images and a Sanskrit-style banner reads Shri Panchayati Akhada, with side banners reading Swagat Vandan Abhinandan. Some people wear white kurtas and orange or saffron cloth, and police in khaki stand in the crowd. Bright daylight, bare trees and a bus are visible behind the gate.2016-04-18May 21 20162016-05-21February 09 20132013-02-09January 21 20092009-01-21A dense crowd of pilgrims moves along a dusty open road at a Kumbh Mela-style encampment under hazy daylight. Many people wear saffron and orange scarves or turbans, and women wear colourful saris, including a yellow sari in the centre-left. A man in a green polo shirt with an orange scarf smiles at the camera, and another man in a brown jacket and white shawl stands near the centre. A man at right wears a white turban. One man carries a large bundle on his head and another holds a tall bamboo pole with an orange flag. Behind them stands a decorated gateway with orange drapes and painted panels, flanked by tall bamboo poles, with a bridge and a tower in the distance.2013-02-09May 15 20162016-05-15A large outdoor crowd moves along a dirt road at a festival site, with many people in white dhotis, white shirts and white saris, plus several women in pink, orange and blue saris. Banana plants and leafy poles line the path. A wooden arched gateway with lights stands in the background, with a red fire truck and white-and-red barrier pole at left, and smoke rising behind the gate. A man in a yellow-trimmed white shawl walks at left foreground, and a small table with offerings stands at right. No individual can be clearly identified as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2010-01-01May 10 20172017-05-10