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A street procession in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, with a large crowd of saffron-clad sadhus walking along a road beneath a red arched gate sign. In the centre, a man with a shaved head and orange headcloth wears a grey t-shirt, white trousers, a rudraksha mala and a long orange shawl, walking forward. Behind him, a man in an orange kurta and orange dhoti holds a long-handled ornate yellow and red umbrella-style parasol and wears rudraksha beads. Other saffron-robed devotees follow, one in white with an orange shawl, and a man in a red shirt with a camera and water bottle walks at the left edge. Trees and utility wires line the roadside.

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