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A graphic page of five photographs captioned September 2006 with a paragraph describing a peace confluence at Irvine, California. Top left: a parade behind a banner reading Ekatvam Foundation, with a framed deity image garlanded with marigolds carried by a man in shorts and a white-clad woman. Top right: a Kumbh Mela banner with a portrait and text, held beside a man in a blue shirt and a person in cream robes. Centre: a seated group under a canopy, including a man in white robes, a man in saffron-orange robes, and a bearded man in orange robes with a folded paper, plus a seated man in cream clothes. Bottom left: framed portraits carried in procession under flower garlands. Bottom right: a procession with a red-and-gold ratha and a banner reading The Hare Krishna Movement, with a man in orange robes. The people shown are in photographs, so no physical people are counted here.

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Graphic slide titled "Confluences for World Peace offered by SKUN for Global Peace and Religious Harmony" with bulleted text on Kumbh Mela, confluences and a 2008 launch, plus several photographs. Top right panel shows a "Global Foundation For Civilizational Harmony (India)" launch function with a dais and seated saffron-robed figures, one holding a sceptre-like staff. Lower right photo shows an orange-robed figure with long hair placing sweets and garlands on white-capped men during Ujjain Kumbh Mela, captioned 2016. Bottom strip shows a 1st USA Hindu Sangam Kumbha Mela newspaper clipping and a procession of people in saffron, white and orange garments carrying banners. Bottom-right banner-like portrait shows a smiling figure in orange turban and robe.2023-01-03September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor photograph on a paved lot beside a banner reading an invitation to the first ever Kumbh Mela in USA at Bren Event Center. A young man with long dark hair, a wide smile, rudraksha mala beads and a flowing saffron-orange garment stands centre, beside an older man in a pale yellow shirt and grey trousers holding a white plastic bag. Behind them are wooden crates, brass ritual vessels, a draped cloth and green trees under a clear sky.2006-09-10A photograph inside a hall with a patterned rug and an upholstered wooden armchair with white cushions. A man in a long orange robe with long swept-back dark hair stands smiling near a red and gold ceremonial banner. Beside him a man in a white t-shirt and khaki trousers, with a rudraksha-style necklace, holds a large hand drum with yellow, red and green fabric beneath it. A woman in white clothing stands at the right edge. On the right wall is a banner advertising the first Kumbh Mela in USA, with a portrait of a man in white turban and text about a spiritual gathering at a university event center. A potted palm and a white easel stand nearby.2006-09-02September 10 20062006-09-10A decorated float in an outdoor parking lot for the first Kumbh Mela in USA procession. A man in a blue t-shirt and white trousers walks beside the float, guiding it with one hand on a white draped side. The float has a multicoloured fringed canopy and a gold deity-like figure with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. Orange flags on poles flank the float. A large banner reads First ever Kumbh Mela in USA with a portrait of a man in white robes labelled Nithyananda. Another man in blue stands behind the float, with trees and a blue car in the background.2006-09-10Outdoor stage at the Confluence for World Peace event at Excelsior Grounds, Norwalk, CA, on a sunny afternoon. A man in white kurta with a pendant necklace stands at a microphone reading from paper at left. Three seated figures face the audience: on the left a man in pale peach robes, in the centre a figure in saffron-orange robes with a red turban and beaded orange mala, and on the right a man with white hair and beard in white clothing holding papers. Behind them hang tall decorated cloth banners in red, orange, and green. Front of stage has a framed image of a deity garlanded with pink flowers on a red-draped table, and white folding chairs. Banners read Kumbh Mela 2007 and Sep 9 2007 Excelsior Grounds, Norwalk, CA. Five people are visible.2007-09-09An outdoor stage under a white canopy at a Kumbh Mela confluence event at Excelsior Grounds, Norwalk. A man in pale pink robes stands at left, hands together, speaking near a microphone. Seated center is a figure in orange robes with an orange turban and a gold-beaded necklace, appearing to be a person based on the saffron clothing, turban and ornate necklace; he is seated on a carved wooden chair. Beside him sits a man in white clothing. Colourful embroidered cloth streamers hang above the stage. In front, banners advertise the Kumbh Mela and Confluence for World Peace, and framed photographs decorated with flower garlands rest on a red-draped table. Three white folding chairs sit at the front.2007-09-09September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela event in California with a wooden float or platform decorated with garlands of red, orange and yellow flowers. A white-haired woman in a long white dress and pale blue scarf walks on the left. A young woman in a white top bends over the float arranging flowers, and several women in casual clothes stand behind it. Orange saffron flags with dark circular emblems flank the float, and a large banner shows a portrait of a man in a white turban beside text. Green shrubs and trees line the paved road behind.2006-09-10Outdoor stage event under a white canopy with tall colourful decorative poles topped with ornate fabric banners. Two seated figures sit in carved wooden chairs on a raised platform: a figure in ochre-orange robes with a matching orange head covering and a beaded necklace, and a white-robed figure with white hair and beard. A standing man in pale pink robes holds an object and stands at the left edge near a microphone. Front of stage has white folding chairs, a framed picture with flower garland on a red-draped table, and banners advertising a Kumbh Mela event with a sunset-lit scene of people on a hillside. Lawn and parked cars visible behind. Appearance-based candidate in orange robes: a person seated centre-stage in the orange-robed figure's position, with the white-robed figure beside him.2007-09-09A photograph of an outdoor stage event at Excelsior Grounds in Norwalk, CA, under stage lights. A large banner reads KUMBH MELA USA 2007 with the subtitle Confluence for World Peace, dated Sep 9 2007, Sunday, 1:00pm to 9:00pm. Two seated figures in the centre: a man in pale pink robes on the left, and a figure in saffron-orange robes with an orange head covering, rudraksha-style beaded mala and a gold necklace, seated on a carved wooden chair in the centre-right. A man in white robes stands at right gesturing toward them. On the left, a man in white dhoti-style clothing and a man in orange robes with a microphone stand near the stage, one appearing to chant or speak. Colourful patterned decorative pillars frame the stage. Framed portraits with flower garlands sit at the lower right, and banners for Vishwa Hindu Sangh and the Kumbh Mela event are along the stage front. Audience members' heads are visible at the bottom edge.2007-09-09