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A row of seated saffron-robed sadhus sits on a stage before a red drape, with marigold garlands and flower-filled silver trays set in front of them. Several elderly men have long white beards and some have shaved heads. Their clothes are orange and saffron, and some wear vibhuti marks on their foreheads. At the far right, a man in a red-and-orange turban and gold-bordered saffron cloth, with a rudraksha mala and a gold armband, gestures with an open hand and speaks into a headset microphone. Behind them a man in a red dhoti and rudraksha mala stands before a large gold ornate throne. The scene appears to be a Kumbh Mela gathering with akhada leaders.

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