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Outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela shahi snan in Ujjain. A golden ornate palanquin with a central seated figure in orange clothing and a crown-like headdress sits beneath a tasselled canopy in red, green, orange and white. Around it, bare-chested attendants in white dhotis hold a yellow umbrella and a large feathered fan, and a figure in white with a long staff bearing a white cloth walks beside. Dozens of colourful umbrellas in red, green, orange, yellow and blue fill the foreground, with red flags and white flags along the road and a roadside sign reading Mahakal Van and Ujjain. Crowds line the route. The seated figure's identity is not established from appearance, so no a person candidate is asserted.

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