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A photograph inside an open-sided orange and white tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, where several saffron-robed sadhus sit on patterned carpets. In the centre a woman in orange robes with a marigold garland sits near a bearded elder in a white and orange top; a bearded sadhu in an orange turban and saffron wrap sits in the foreground with hand to chin. Standing devotees in orange and casual clothes watch, and a yellow umbrella stands above the seated group. At lower left a brass tray holds red kumkum, marigold petals, a small cup and leaves, held by a man in orange.

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