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A crowd of devotees stands waist-deep in water at a holy dip in Vaidya Sarovar. Most wear white clothes, and several men have red and orange cloth draped over their shoulders. Many hold golden kalasha-style pots and small golden deity murti, and a few wear rudraksha malas. A woman in the centre with reddish hair and an orange-draped golden pot smiles and speaks, while others around her raise their hands and smile. Splashing water surrounds the group, with a green plant with yellow flowers at the right edge. No individual is distinctly identifiable as a person from the visible cues, so the candidate is unsure.

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