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A dense crowd fills a festival procession route at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, with many people in saffron, orange and maroon robes and white garments. Large red flags on tall poles rise above the heads, alongside decorated umbrellas in pink, blue and yellow with silver tassels. A white silhouette cutout of a seated figure stands among the crowd, and a decorated golden chariot is visible in the background. Devotees, sadhus and onlookers press together along a barricaded lane, some with folded hands, a white-haired woman in a sari, and a man in a light blue shirt near the front.

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