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A photograph at a crowded outdoor Kumbh Mela setting beneath white and orange draped canopy poles. A central standing man wears a saffron-orange robe, a saffron-orange head wrap, a long dark rudraksha mala and a large ornate gold pendant necklace; his long hair falls past his shoulders and his posture is upright and composed. Around him, several camera operators with video cameras and still cameras, one in a yellow cap and red-striped shirt, crowd close, while a man in a khaki shirt kneels on a yellow cloth. A bare-chested sadhu with a long grey beard, red headwear and rudraksha beads sits in the foreground. Behind the barrier, a dense crowd and garlanded devotees in orange and yellow stand under the canopy. The scene reads as media coverage of a sannyasi at the Kumbh Mela.

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