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A photograph of a crowded procession at a Kumbh Mela camp site. A large saffron-orange flag with a dark disc on a tall pole dominates the left foreground. A man with long dark hair and a white kurta walks at centre, smiling, with a long-haired figure beside him. Behind them, devotees in white clothes carry ornate saffron and gold-tasselled standards and small umbrella-like banners. A white vehicle, tents and a red arch stand in the background, and a man in orange-and-white clothing with a rudraksha mala walks among participants. Several people wear white kurtas, orange robes and garlands; a woman in an orange sari sits in a vehicle. Some figures wear rudraksha malas and mauve or blue bags.

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