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Outdoor procession scene at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela with a large ornate golden palanquin on the left, its gilded carvings and leopard-print cushion visible beneath a fringed canopy. A man in a saffron-orange turban and reddish-orange robe, wearing layered rudraksha-style beads, red bangles and an armband, stands smiling beside it. Behind him a pink temple gateway with a kalasha on top and a banner bearing a portrait and printed text. A bald man in white with gold-coloured garland beads stands at right, and a few people are seen near the palanquin.

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