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A photograph of a river-bathing ritual at a Kumbh Mela shahi snan. A man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red dhoti and wrap and a heavy gold-pendant rudraksha-style mala, kneels waist-deep in greenish water with his hands cupped in front of him, smiling. Around him, devotees in reddish-brown and orange robes, many with bald heads and multiple beaded malas, crowd into the water and raise their hands. One man in white dhoti and shawl stands in the water on the left, and a bald man in an orange wrap on the right holds his hands together. A tall red-and-white ceremonial pole and a green canopy appear above. Behind them stand a pink-washed multi-storey building and a crowd along the bank in sunlight.

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