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A dense crowd during a procession at a Kumbh Mela setting. At centre, a smiling man in a rust-red turban wears a heavy garland of orange and yellow marigolds, with a pink flower tucked at the top of the turban. Around him, a bald saffron-clad sadhu wears a rudraksha mala, a man in a white shirt raises his arms and holds a thin cord, and a woman in a green sari stands nearby. A silver vessel is lifted above the crowd, and a blue and gold canopy or palanquin appears in the background. Several other people in white, saffron and bright clothing press close around the procession. The turbaned central figure shows no distinctive a person cues such as long swept-back hair, crown or saffron ornate robes, so identity is uncertain.

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