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Four shaved-headed men in white and cream dhoti-style clothing stand and kneel on a red carpet inside a large white tent at a Kumbh Mela setting. The man at left stands in white with a dark rudraksha-style mala and gold-bordered cloth. The taller man second from left wears a gold necklace and a gold-bordered white dhoti. The man kneeling in the centre presses his palms together in namaste, with white sacred ash marks and a red tilak on his forehead. The kneeling man at far right wears a dark mala and a light cloth. Behind them, devotees sit and lie on the floor, and gold-coloured thrones and a golden palanquin-style seat are visible at the right. The photo is watermarked with a copyright notice.

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