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A large hall filled with seated sadhus in orange and saffron robes at a Kumbh Mela gathering. In the foreground, a man with long hair and a beard in orange cloth sits beside a man in a pink kurta wearing a gold-beaded garland and glasses. Next to them, a bearded man in orange robes and a white-haired older man in orange clothes sit near a wooden box filled with red and gold cloth and gold items being handled by a hand in the lower right. Another man in orange wears a gold necklace with a large pendant. Attendants in white and devotees with rudraksha malas fill the background, with a rudraksha-beaded figure and a bald man with a garland on the left. Many sadhus sit on green mats.

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