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Outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela-style festival on a tree-lined road with dense crowds. In the left foreground, a seated figure in orange-saffron robes and a matching orange head wrap sits on an ornate gold palanquin with carved panels, flanked by attendants. Overhead, a multicoloured fringed canopy shades the scene. Saffron-clad sadhus walk behind with red flags, and a large crowd in white, red and orange clothing fills the road. A tall banner with a painted deity image hangs over the procession, and white tents and stalls line the right side. Several people in orange-clad groups and a photographer with camera are visible near the palanquin.

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April 18 20162016-04-18A dense outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela-style festival, with a large crowd pressed against yellow metal barriers. On the left, many naked or near-naked ascetics with ash-smeared bodies and long hair crowd forward, one man in white undergarments leaping over the barrier. On the right, a golden ornate ratha/palanquin carries a seated figure in orange and gold garments garlanded with flowers, beneath a gold canopy with a kalasha finial. Around it, people in white dhotis and orange clothing walk alongside, and uniformed police in khaki and high-visibility vests line the route. Red and orange flags, a green-and-gold umbrella, and banners fill the scene, with tents and trees behind.2016-05-21A large outdoor procession on a crowded street. At the centre, a seated man in an orange-and-saffron robe with an orange turban and a gold necklace sits on an ornate golden throne-palanquin with carved lion heads, under a multicoloured fringed canopy. Around him, saffron-robed sadhus and attendants walk and sit on the vehicle; a bare-chested attendant stands near the right side. A man in a yellow kurta and white dhoti walks in the foreground beside red flags. Many devotees and saffron-clad ascetics line both sides of the road, with more orange flags, a red-and-white banner showing two bearded robed figures, and a blue canopy at right. Festival tents and banners stretch into the background.2016-04-22A large outdoor procession moves through a dense crowd on a city street during the Kumbh Mela. A flower-decorated palanquin in the centre carries seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes, several wearing marigold garlands. Behind it, a float covered in orange and yellow marigolds carries standing and seated figures in saffron and red garments, one holding a white fly whisk-like object. Large golden umbrellas shade the floats, and red and orange flags rise above the crowd. Banners on the right show portraits of Hindu religious figures, including a framed portrait of a bearded saffron-clad man. Shops and orange buildings line the street, and a wide crowd of devotees in orange, red and white clothing fills the foreground.2016-04-22Large outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela style festival, with a man in a red turban and orange-saffron robe with gold necklaces seated on an ornate gold palanquin-style throne under a striped canopy, surrounded by drummers and attendants in orange and red garments. Behind them a dense crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing moves along a barricaded road, with orange flags and portrait banners of a saffron-robed sannyasi with rudraksha malas held aloft. Colourful umbrellas and tall orange flags fill the street.2016-04-22A dense crowd fills a city street during a procession. At the centre, a gold-decorated ratha/palanquin carries a seated figure in an orange robe beneath an ornate golden canopy garlanded with flowers; attendants in white stand around it and a figure in orange and white stands beside. Red and orange flags fly and large green umbrellas shade the procession. Many people along the barricades wear grey ash or are smeared with it, and banners and tents line the road under flowering trees.2016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21A large street procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event. A man in an ornate golden palanquin or ratha with a gilded canopy and flower garlands sits on a red-cushioned seat, wearing an orange-red turban and layered red-and-orange beaded garlands, with one hand raised in blessing. A saffron-robed attendant stands beside the palanquin, and other men in orange and red clothing walk alongside. Red and orange flags, a large green umbrella, police officers in khaki uniforms, and dense crowds lining the road fill the scene. Hand-painted banners and a framed portrait of a bearded man hang on the right. Trees and a street lamp are visible overhead.2016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22May 21 20162016-05-21A large outdoor procession moves down a road lined with crowds, with many devotees, many holding red and orange flags. At the left, a seated figure in saffron/orange robes and orange turban-like headwear sits on an ornate gold palanquin with a gold canopy and colourful umbrellas, attended by people in white. Beside him, a cameraman in a blue shirt films. Along the barricaded right side, a dense crowd watches and photographs, and white tents line the background. Red, pink and yellow parasols shade the foreground.2016-04-22