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A crowded outdoor scene at the Kumbh Mela where a group of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees kneel on a yellow tarpaulin spread over sandy ground. A man in the centre wears an orange turban, orange robes, a long gold-toned bead necklace and marigold garlands, and leans forward among the group. Beside him a bearded sadhu in a red cap and orange robes with rudraksha beads sits close to the ground. Several photographers and videographers press in from the left, holding cameras and a video camera on a rig. A man in a white shirt with a yellow armband kneels at the front, and a man in a red shirt sits at the lower right near the tarpaulin.

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