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Night-time outdoor scene at a religious gathering. A central man wears a large saffron-orange turban, an orange robe and layered gold and beaded necklaces, and smiles while receiving a bow from a devotee in an orange robe who leans forward with head lowered. Around them, men and women in saffron, orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas and tilak marks stand close together. On the right, a man in white dhoti and a maroon-robed man hold a tall silver staff, and a bald man in glasses smiles. Behind them is a plain pale wall with an orange band.2016-05-08 +1 copiesMay 08 20162016-05-08May 11 20162016-05-11Night photograph of a procession at a temple-like setting lit by bright lamps. A smiling man in a maroon turban, maroon wrap and long gold-and-brown beaded necklace is walking between two men in saffron-orange robes; the man in orange on the left has a shaved head and a dark rudraksha mala. On the right, a man in saffron clothing with gold necklaces holds a tall silver ceremonial staff topped with a finial. Other people in orange and white clothing with white forehead markings stand behind. The bearded man in maroon has a brown beaded necklace and a turban; the group looks cheerful.2016-05-10November 21 20152015-11-21Night-time outdoor procession. A smiling man in a deep red-brown turban and matching saffron-red robes with gold borders stands centre-frame, wearing a marigold garland with blue and yellow accents, a heavy gold bead necklace and a rudraksha mala. He grips a tall silver staff topped with a trident. Two men flank him: on the right a bald man in red-brown robes with a dark rudraksha mala, and on the left a partly visible figure in red-brown dhoti with gold trim. Coloured string lights and warm lamps glow in the background.2015-11-22Night photograph of an outdoor evening ceremony. A man in the centre wears a red-orange turban with a small gold ornament, an orange-red garment, a multicoloured garland of white and red-yellow-green flowers, and a long gold chain with a pendant. He stands with palms pressed together in greeting beside a tall gold-coloured pole. Around him, devotees in red and orange dhotis with gold borders, some with bare upper bodies and sacred threads, stand with hands folded. Colourful string lights glow in the background.2015-11-25May 11 20162016-05-11Photograph of an evening outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela event. A central man in a rust-orange turban and rust-orange robe, wearing a heavy gold necklace, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, a bald man in a rust robe and rudraksha mala looks on, and devotees in white kurtas and orange shawls raise their hands. Large orange ceremonial umbrellas with fringed edges and a gilded temple-style canopy appear in the background under evening lights.2016-04-24Night procession outdoors under a bright floodlight, with a crowd of devotees around a central group. A woman in a saffron-orange turban and ornate gold necklace walks at the centre, smiling. A man in an orange kurta with a gold pendant in the foreground gestures forward. On the right, a man in orange and rudraksha malas carries a tall silver staff. Devotees on the left wear white dhotis with rudraksha malas and red tilaka on their foreheads. The scene is a ceremonial procession.2016-05-08 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20132013-02-12May 04 20162016-05-04