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Night aarti on a riverside ghat at a Kumbh Mela setting, with crowds behind barriers and string lights and red flags along the route. In the foreground a man in a rust-orange robe and orange turban raises both arms holding a brass lamp, with a rudraksha-style mala and a large gold pendant; a golden ornate umbrella-canopy stands at left. Beside him a man in a yellow kurta and white dhoti claps, a man in an orange dhoti and bare-chested man play cymbals or clap, and a bare-chested man in yellow dhoti holds up a lit aarti flame at right. a person appears to be the figure in rust-orange with the raised lamp and turban; the appearance cues are weak and the scene is crowded, so the identification is uncertain.

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