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A photograph of a bare-chested figure seated on the left, wearing an orange-and-peach turban, long swept-back dark hair, a gold ceremonial necklace and a white-and-red floral garland, with rudraksha beads and a wrist mala. He leans forward to receive apples and a golden flame-shaped object held by a standing devotee in a light striped shirt, who kneels at right beside a saffron-robed monk with a shaved head and gold necklace. Behind them a crowd of women in saris and salwar kameez and men watch, one woman holding a toddler in a white outfit, and a woman in a maroon sari seated beside the figure holds apples. Red carpet covers the floor. This appears to be a devotee-offering scene at a Kumbh Mela camp.

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