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A photograph of a grand procession at the Kumbh Mela, centred on an ornate golden palanquin decorated with marigold garlands, tassels in pink, blue and green, and brass bells. A figure in a golden crown and saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala raises one hand in greeting from the palanquin, which is shaded by a large teal and red canopy. Saffron-clad sannyasis with trishul staffs and a shaved-headed attendant in white walk alongside. A figure with white-painted face stands at left, and a loudspeaker sits in the foreground. Probable Swamiji (crown, saffron robes, rudraksha mala) standing on the palanquin as the procession leader.

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