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A large seated gathering inside a tented pavilion at a Kumbh Mela camp. Many participants sit cross-legged on colourful striped woven mats and rugs. Front rows include men in white kurtas and white dhotis with rudraksha malas and red-and-white lanyard badges, and sadhus in saffron and orange robes with orange, red and peach turbans, several with long grey beards and rudraksha necklaces. Behind them, a stage area holds more robed figures and an ornate gold-and-red decorated structure on the left. A man in white and a man in a white shirt with a red mala and badge sit in the foreground. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

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