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Outdoor photo of a dusty festival lane with a uniformed guard in camouflage fatigues, cap and black boots carrying a rifle, standing beside a thatched straw-roofed shelter. Behind him a large painted backdrop shows temple carvings and a red banner with partly visible script. A bright orange-and-pink poster on a brick chimney shows a smiling woman in a red sari. Several people wait and move about: a man in a white shirt and grey trousers, a man in a maroon jacket with a shoulder bag, a man in white dhoti with bare torso, a woman in pink, and a seated woman in yellow sari with a child. Two boards with faded photos stand on the left.

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February 06 20132013-02-06February 12 20132013-02-12A photograph of a thatched-roof food stall at an outdoor fair setting, with a crowd of about twenty people queuing at the counter. A large banner on a pole shows a smiling figure with long dark hair, wearing orange and a mala, hands raised, labelled in Hindi as Annakshetra with the name Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Men in striped sweaters, plaid shirts and white dhotis stand near a woman in orange and red at the counter, and a red plastic chair sits to the right beside a large painted backdrop with Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham lettering.2013-02-11Outdoor annadan distribution at a Kumbh Mela-style encampment. A thatched straw canopy shelters a food serving stall, with a row of framed deity prints hung on its front. Devotees queue in front, many women in saris of yellow, red, pink and patterned fabric, plus men in shirts and a man in white dhoti and cap at the left. Behind them stand a large banner with Devanagari script and a brown wall with a carved stone figure. Several people carry bags and bundles; one woman in yellow holds a cloth bundle while another checks her phone.2013-02-15February 08 20132013-02-08February 12 20132013-02-12February 11 20132013-02-11February 15 20132013-02-15Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15A crowd of devotees queues at a thatched-roof food stall at a Kumbh Mela-style outdoor site. A large sign on the left shows a smiling woman in orange and red robes with her palms raised, labelled as a portrait with the printed words Annakshetra and Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyanan. Men in white shirts and dhotis, a man in a brown vest and orange head cloth, and people in shawls and headscarves stand in line. A painted banner under the thatch shows multiple framed figures. Red and orange banners and bamboo poles fill the background.2013-02-11Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela camp on dusty ground. A thatched bamboo-roofed shelter has a strip of framed religious prints above it, showing deity images. Beside it, a monk in orange robes stands among a crowd of women in saris, including one in red with floral patterns and one in purple, plus a young child in a checked dress and a woman in yellow with a baby. Men in sweaters and a man in a grey knit cap watch nearby. A large banner behind them shows a temple carving and Devanagari lettering, and a decorated orange and pink ratha-style canopy is visible at right. A blue plastic bucket sits in the foreground.2013-02-15