Outdoor ritual scene at a crowded Kumbh Mela-style ghat. A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and deep orange turban sits on a gold throne with an ornate gold canopy overhead, wearing a long gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads. Before him a man in a red kurta with a tilak bends forward pouring liquid from a small brass vessel onto a white-cloth area, while a man in white shirt and glasses, with red tilak, watches. A brass thali holds yellow, red and orange powders and a marigold garland decorates a tray. Nearby, bare-chested priests in orange dhotis and devotees in white and orange crowd close, with photographers and a tall figure in white with rudraksha mala and orange shawl standing behind. Red flags and umbrellas fill the background.

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2016-04-24Source: title

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April 24 2016

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