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A barefoot sadhu with long matted dreadlocks walks across a sandy riverside path at a crowded Kumbh Mela site. He is bare-chested, wearing a red-orange dhoti with gold-edged border, a multi-strand beaded necklace with shell and metal pendants, and ankle bangles. He carries a stainless steel pot in his right hand. Around him, men in sweaters, jackets and checked shirts stand near temporary bamboo-and-tarpaulin stalls, and a man in a white scarf watches from the left.