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Outdoor crowd scene under a clear blue sky with leafy trees and a utility pole. Several photographers and videographers on an elevated edge hold cameras aloft, shooting down at a dense throng of men in saffron and orange robes, white dhotis and shirts, and khaki police uniforms. In the centre, a man in a saffron-yellow garment stands near a figure in an orange turban with a rudraksha mala, and a uniformed police officer guides the crowd. Bald-headed devotees in orange cloth fill the foreground.

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April 22 20162016-04-22Dense outdoor procession crowd at a Kumbh Mela shahi snan event, with many devotees and police officers in khaki around a central figure. The central man wears an orange-saffron robe, an orange turban, and a heavy gold necklace with a rudraksha mala; several sadhus in saffron and white surround him, and orange and yellow ceremonial umbrellas and red flags rise above. Some people hold up mobile phones to record, and a few women wear white saris with garlands. Sunlit trees and buildings line the street behind the crowd.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22February 12 20132013-02-12July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15August 09 20072007-08-09Outdoor photo at a dirt-road festival site during a brahmotsavam procession. A man with long swept-back hair, orange robe, white flower garland and forehead tilak receives a coconut-and-flower puja offering on a brass plate from a woman in orange garments. A bald man in an orange turban and orange shawl stands at left beside a white car. Behind them a man in a dark blazer, a photographer with a camera, and devotees in white and orange crowd close. At upper right a yellow and orange decorated ratha/chariot with flower garlands, and drummers in yellow. Several people stand in the background. Kind of scene: ceremonial welcome with puja.2008-12-30January 29 20102010-01-29Outdoor photo on a dry field with low hills and palms behind a white building. A large crowd of men in white shirts and trousers presses around a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala. Several people hold up mobile phones to take pictures. A man in a light yellow shirt offers a small cup or glass toward the robed figure. Appearance-based label: a person, wearing saffron robe, long swept hair and rudraksha mala, at the center of the crowd.2008-08-01A dense outdoor crowd presses around a bald, white-bearded man in an orange-saffron robe, with a red-orange shawl draped over his shoulders. He is being guided through the throng by men in white shirts and dhotis, some with raised hands reaching toward him. A man in a white shirt and mask stands near, and a man in white holds a large garland of red flowers at right. Several men in white, some with gold wristwatches and bracelets, press in from all sides. a person cues: saffron robe and an ornate, distinctive presence, but the face is not clearly visible enough to confirm. The scene reads as a procession or public darshan, with people reaching out to touch or greet the central figure.2009-07-23April 22 20162016-04-22