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Night photograph of a procession on a riverside walkway at a Kumbh Mela crowd, with orange-lit haze and street lamps behind. Saffron flags on poles and a white banner reading "Nithyananda" are carried forward. Several men in white dhotis with orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist walk barefoot or in socks, one in an orange shirt carrying a shoulder bag. Pilgrims in shawls and wraps, a woman carrying a large bundle on her head, and a man in a red jacket stand along the route. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance here, so no candidate is named.

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