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Photograph inside a pale yellow tent with sheer draped walls at a Kumbh Mela gathering. Many sadhus in saffron and orange robes sit on green and red mats, some on low benches, with rudraksha and bead malas and orange turbans visible. Several women in yellow, pink and floral saris move among them, one bending near the front. A bald monk in orange shawl sits at centre-left, and a bearded sadhu in saffron with a rudraksha mala sits at lower left. At right, a man in white dhoti with a gold chain and garland sits beside a saffron-robed sadhu. Whether any figure is a person is not established from appearance.

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