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Outdoor procession on a paved road during a Kumbh Mela-style religious gathering, with many sadhus and devotees walking together. Foreground, a smiling bald sadhu in orange robes and rudraksha garlands walks beside a younger man in a white dhoti and orange sash; a crowd follows behind. Red flags and orange and red parasols rise above the marchers, and a painted wall with a red-robed figure and flower-like motifs lines the roadside. Several people in ochre and white clothes carry umbrellas and flags, and another person in a blue shirt wears a badge. Bright sunlight and a few roadside trees and billboards frame the scene.

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