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Outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela setting on a sunny day. In the foreground a figure with long matted locks wears an orange turban, orange robe, a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and a wrist bangle, seated on a leopard-print cushion and holding joined palms near an umbrella with red, blue and yellow tassels. Behind, saffron-robed sadhus sit on a flower-decorated platform beside a shaved-headed monk in orange, with an orange-clad drummer playing a drum. A decorated palanquin or ratha with red and orange cloth, and red flags, fill the background. Several people in white and orange cloth watch from the crowd, and a golden footwear pair rests on a patterned cloth in front. A yellow awning and temporary stalls line the road.

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