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A large nighttime crowd gathers under sodium street lamps that give the air an orange haze at what appears to be the Kumbh Mela camp grounds. Many people wrap themselves in shawls and sheets against the cold, some with headwraps and dupattas, and many carry bundles and cloth bags. Numerous saffron and orange flags fly above the crowd, and several people raise phones to take photographs. In the foreground a young man in a yellow-and-orange patterned shawl stands with palms pressed together in anjali. Among the crowd is a man in a white turban and a person in a saffron-toned shawl. A green and white banner line runs along a barrier in the middle distance.

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