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A dense outdoor crowd fills the foreground of a festival scene at dusk, many people in saffron and orange clothing with orange headwear. Several people hold tall red and orange flags on poles, and one person near the centre raises a brass kalasha or ritual vessel. Behind the crowd a decorated stage arch with blue and gold banners and a large painted figure stands beside a banner reading 'Swagat Vandan Abhinandan' (welcome, salutation, felicitation). On the right a signboard for Shri Gharesham Ashram Kamakhya Peeth, Ujjain-2016, Shiksha Purna Kumbh Kamal, hangs above festive lights. The people are mostly men in orange, white and yellow, with some women in saffron and pink saris.

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