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A large crowd of devotees and photographers stands in shallow river water at a Kumbh Mela shahi snaan. In the centre, a man with long dark curly hair wears a dark maroon-brown cloth, heavy gold necklaces and gold armlets, and extends his arm forward while another man in white with a grey beard stands beside him. Around them, devotees in white dhotis, saffron and maroon garments and rudraksha malas wade in the water, while others hold red and orange flags above the crowd. A woman in a cream sari with gold jewellery holds a silver staff upright in the water. Many people raise cameras. a person candidate appearance is uncertain; he is shown as a participant in the holy dip.

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