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Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees gathered outside an illuminated, ornately decorated canopy structure with orange and red tassels and string lights along its edges. A tall pole with a flag rises from its top. A man in the foreground raises one hand in the air, and a figure at left holds a silver trishul above the crowd. Many people wear white and checked shirts, and some hold mobile phones aloft to record. Strings of warm lights run down a white draped wall on the right, and a golden palanquin-like platform sits beneath the canopy. Festival procession atmosphere at a Kumbh Mela gathering.

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