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Crowded outdoor scene at the Kumbh Mela camp in early morning haze, with tents and colourful flag poles behind. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in white kurta and dhoti walks with a wooden pole topped by an orange cloth, while men in white dhotis and red-and-white shawls hold a long rope line along the path. Many devotees in sarees, shawls and knitted caps fill the ground around them, some with palms pressed together. A tall decorated kalasha-like pole with floral patterns stands to the right. The appearance of the bald figure in white is not sufficient to confirm the a person candidate, so he is described only as a devotee in white.

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