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Night procession at an outdoor ashram event, with several colourful umbrellas held aloft: red, blue and orange canopies with silver fringe and gold trim. Devotees in saffron and orange robes and beaded malas walk among the crowd, including a woman in orange with glasses and an orange-clad man carrying a lit torch. Other attendees wear white, cream and green-stained clothing. A stage with orange and red backdrop and stage lights stands behind, with smoke rising.

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October 30 20162016-10-30A night procession in a courtyard in front of a red-washed building with a flag on its roof. Many people carry colourful umbrella-like canopies on poles: red, orange, blue, green and a striped yellow one with an ornate embroidered panel. Devotees in orange and saffron robes walk behind them, some wearing white dhotis; a bare-chested man with a tall grey-white hairdo stands at the left-centre. In the foreground, several people with long dark hair face away and raise hands in greeting toward the procession. Floodlights light the scene. Several people are visible; the procession includes many more.2016-10-30Night procession outside a red-walled building with a flagpole and floodlights. Many devotees in orange, red and white clothing carry colourful parasols with fringed edges in red, orange, blue and green. A tall ceremonial banner with an embroidered emblem is raised at centre. A shirtless man with white dhoti and ash markings on his back stands near the front, and a woman in a beige shawl holds her hands in namaskar. Crowd members with long hair and bare backs fill the foreground.2016-10-30Night procession in a crowded outdoor festival grounds lit by purple and white stage lights. Many devotees surround colourful umbrellas, with a large red umbrella and yellow-and-red umbrellas with fringed silver edging held aloft. A long red flag streams from the top right. Some people wear saffron, yellow and orange garments, while others wear white kurtas, saris and salwar kameez. A white marquee tent and a lit decorated structure stand in the background. The scene is a large crowd moving in a ritual procession.2016-12-09Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with a crowd moving through hazy orange lamplight. In the centre, a man in a saffron robe with a saffron turban and a long ornate rudraksha-style mala walks beneath a colourful multi-panelled parasol with rainbow tassels. Around him, saffron-clad sannyasis and white-clad devotees carry tall ceremonial staffs and fans. A man in saffron on the right faces a bearded attendant in orange cloth, with a mustached man in white nearby. Behind them are tents, lights and more people.October 11 20162016-10-11December 23 20072007-12-23Night photograph of a crowded outdoor procession at an event venue. Dense crowd of devotees fills the foreground, many with raised hands and some in white or saffron clothing. Numerous ornate umbrellas in red, maroon, orange and gold with silver fringe are held aloft, and long red and orange flags wave at the top edge. Several performers in yellow costumes move through the crowd near the centre. Behind them stands a large white tent under floodlights, with coloured smoke rising at left and an elaborately decorated float or structure glowing at far left. A few onlookers in western clothing stand at the right edge.2016-12-09Night procession on a dirt road with a crowd of devotees walking behind ceremonial umbrellas and decorated banners. Several men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas lead the group, one wearing a tall grey ceremonial cap. Behind them, people in white dhotis and cream clothing walk, and women in cream and yellow saris stand at the left. Two ornate umbrellas with red and gold fringes are held aloft, and a lit torch or lamp is visible near the front. Vehicles and buildings line the background under a dark sky.2010-11-21Night procession at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela. Several colourful umbrellas with a blue dove emblem and Dhyanapeetam lettering on their panels, with tasselled fringes, are held aloft on long poles. Robed devotees in saffron, orange and white walk in the crowd; one figure in an orange turban and orange robe wears long beaded necklaces, and a shaved-headed boy in a striped sweater walks at the front. Attendants carry brass ceremonial standards and a large brass plate-like fan. The crowd of many people fills the dusty ground under dim street lights.August 01 20082008-08-01December 09 20162016-12-09