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A crowded outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event, with many people pressing close around a central figure. The central man wears a rust-red turban, a dark red-brown robe, a heavy gold necklace, a long rudraksha mala, and a large white-and-pink flower garland. He smiles and raises a hand while a bare-chested man in white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth stands at his side, and a photographer with a large camera lens faces him from the left. Behind them red flags and a decorated umbrella rise above the crowd, and a red-and-white banner with Hindi text hangs on a wall. Appearance-based label: a person, a sannyasi in saffron-red robes with a turban, gold necklace and rudraksha mala, walking in procession.

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