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A seated gathering on colourful striped mats over a green sheet at an evening Kumbh camp event. In the foreground a shaved-headed monk in an orange-saffron robe with a saffron shawl sits facing a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with gold border and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Around them devotees sit in a circle: a young man in a red polo, a man in a white shirt and jeans, a woman in a white and grey head covering holding a booklet, and a woman in white with a beaded necklace. A figure in red and a woman in white with gold trim sit at the right edge. Two men in white dhotis stand in the background near a stage with a microphone stand. Text on the mat reads 'NITHYANAND' partly visible.

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