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Interior of a temporary pavilion with corrugated metal walls and orange wooden beams at a Kumbh camp. At left, a decorated shrine holds two standing deity murti with garlands, a green-draped backdrop and rows of white conch-shaped offerings on tiered shelves. Centre right, a man in orange robes and an orange headwrap sits cross-legged before a brass ritual setup with kalasha-like vessels and lamps, while seated devotees in white and orange attend. Striped multicoloured mats cover the floor, with a red plastic chair and water bottles in front; two people in white lie prone on the mats at right. Paper streamers hang from the ceiling.

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