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A photograph inside an orange and white striped tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with a crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and onlookers. In the foreground, a bald man in a peach-coloured robe and a white-and-peach turban embraces a kneeling woman in orange clothing, her head adorned with a white flower garland and a white paste mark on her forehead, while she bows toward him. A young attendant in orange stands to the left holding flowers, and a man in a yellow kurta stands at the right beside seated saffron-clad sadhus on a patterned mat and pink cushion. Other devotees in orange and yellow stand around the tent. The image is a photo of a Shahi Snan era gathering at an akhada camp; the outward elements shown are a greeting embrace, a floral garland and saffron robes.

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