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Photograph of a riverside ritual crowd at a ghat during a Kumbh Mela shahi snaan procession. In the left foreground, a figure in an ornate gold crown and gold-trimmed red-and-gold ceremonial garments raises one hand in blessing, standing on a richly decorated palanquin or ratha draped with marigold garlands, pink flowers and turquoise and purple streamers. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange wraps with rudraksha beads and gold bangles holds a long staff, and another devotee in white holds a framed object. Behind them a dense crowd of devotees, many in white and saffron, raise hands and phones toward the procession. Red and orange flags line a footbridge over the river, with temple spires and buildings along the far bank and small boats on the water.

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