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Night photograph of a riverside ghat at Ujjain during the Kumbh Mela. A crowd of pilgrims walks along a metal railing above floating pontoon barges on dark water. Many carry red flags and saffron-coloured banners, and several hold large red, yellow and umbrella-style canopies. In the background a lit, illuminated shrine structure topped with a spire rises above the crowd, with fountains spraying at the right edge and strings of white street lights along the embankment. Some men wear white kurtas and orange sashes. The wide view shows a dense crowd, though individual faces are not discernible.

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