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A photograph inside a tent-like hall at a Kumbh Mela camp. A seated figure in an orange-red turban and saffron robe with a gold-edged shawl, seated on an ornate brown leather throne with gold carved armrests, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a standing sadhu with long grey matted hair, a grey beard, layered rudraksha malas and a white headband. The sadhu wears pink and white cloth. Behind them, attendants in white dhotis and white headbands with gold-banded waistcloths stand near a green and gold canopy. A man in white with glasses and a red-and-white shawl stands at right. Seated devotees in orange and white are visible at left, with a gold lion-footed armrest in the foreground.