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A dusk procession at a Kumbh Mela-style crowd scene. In the foreground, a bald man in orange robes holds his palms together in namaste, clutching a light blue cloth bundle. Behind him, a line of saffron-robed sadhus walks through the crowd, several with shaved heads. A woman in a green and orange floral sari with a red bindi stands center, hands pressed together in prayer, wearing red bangles. At right, a man with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti with red-bordered cloth walks beside a red-and-gold ratha or decorated cart with red flags. Metal barriers and tents line the background.

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