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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela site, with a brightly lit orange gateway strung with white and coloured lights and a banner in Hindi. Several naked, ash-smeared sadhus wearing thick marigold garlands walk through the crowd, some with long grey beards and one holding his arm outstretched. Around them, crowds of devotees and saffron-robed sannyasis in orange and white clothes line the road, with decorative lights and tents beyond. The scene reflects the Shahi Snan procession.

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