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A photograph of a decorated entrance gate at the Nashik Mahakumbh 2015 with a pink banner reading a welcome in Marathi and Hindi for devotees, sponsored by Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram Aghor Shodh Evam Sansthan, Varanasi. Marigold and red flower garlands hang across the gateway. Flanking the banner are framed portraits: on the left a man with white hair and a garland, beside a seated man in white; on the right an elderly man in white seated in a wheelchair, and a multi-tiered pagoda-style tower. Several people in light shirts and trousers walk through the gate, and a red banner with Hindi text hangs inside.

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September 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10A photograph of a large outdoor banner at a Kumbh Mela site in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, with Hindi text announcing a welcome to Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani sadhus and devotees. The banner shows a mass bathing scene in the water and four small portrait photos of saints in saffron and red robes. In the foreground, an elderly bearded man with long white hair, wearing a plain white dhoti and shawl, stands with his back partly to the camera, looking at the banner behind a bamboo and wire fence. A yellow metal barrier and tree are visible. No figure on the banner is identified as a person, and the figure in the foreground is shown from behind and is not identifiable.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10A yellow and orange canvas tent entrance at a Kumbh Mela camp, framed by large printed banners. A banner reads Shri Shambhu Panch Dashnam Akhara 13 Madhi, with a portrait on the left and a portrait on the right. Left and right tall posters show saffron-robed sadhus with rudraksha malas, one holding up a hand in blessing. A central yellow banner in Hindi shows a photo of devotees pulling a cart by rope. Inside the tent entrance, a seated man in orange cloth sits on a mat near offerings and a red cloth. Striped tarpaulins and a small green plant surround the entrance, with a red car parked at right.2013-02-11Outdoor photo at a Kumbh Mela camp road with a metal barrier and wooden poles. Four men walk past large banners: a banner shows a shaved-headed man with an orange tilak labelled as Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, and another shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe promoting a Nithyananda Satsang on Isha Vasya Upanishad. A third banner shows a bearded Swami Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj. Two men in saffron robes, one with an orange turban, walk in front, while a bearded man in a white dhoti stands at right and another in a light robe walks at left. A temple spire is visible in the background, and the scene includes a yellow barricade and roadside litter.2015-09-10A photograph of the entrance to the Swami Hariharanand Camp at a Kumbh gathering, a tiered brick-red ornate gateway with carved panels and kalasha-like finials topped with Om symbols. Several saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in orange clothing walk through and gather at the gate, some carrying cloth shoulder bags, while men in white shirts and a white-capped attendant stand nearby behind yellow metal barricades. Painted murals of deities and portraits of figures frame the gateway, and a banner in Devanagari script reads the camp name. Motorcycles and parked cars line the roadside under a grey sky.2015-09-10