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A crowded outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela event. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a maroon-brown garment draped over one shoulder, heavy gold necklaces, a large gold pendant and gold armbands, and reaches toward a decorated float covered with white and yellow marigolds and pink flowers. Around him, a uniformed police officer in a grey cap and khaki shirt holds back the crowd. Devotees in saffron, orange and white clothing, some with rudraksha malas, press forward. Behind them, spectators fill a tiered stand beneath a pink-and-maroon banner, with a red canopy and a decorated white-and-gold vehicle visible on the right.

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