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Aerial view of a dense crowd of pilgrims walking along a dusty open lane at a Kumbh Mela camp. Many people wear saffron, orange, red, pink and white garments, with women in bright sarees and men in white dhotis and kurtas. Tents with yellow, blue and pink canopies line both sides, and small stalls and cloth-covered goods sit on the ground. On the right, a billboard shows a figure in orange robes seated among followers. Signboards and banners in Hindi script frame the lane, and a cow appears at the upper left edge. Individual people cannot be counted reliably in this crowd.