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A large outdoor procession moves down a dusty tree-lined road at a Kumbh Mela ground under bright daylight. Many people in white and saffron-orange robes walk in the crowd, several women in white saris with red shawls and some carrying red flags. A line of yellow barricades runs along the left, with tents, stalls and tin-roofed booths beside the road. A policeman in khaki uniform stands at right gesturing, and a few men in white shirts and dark trousers walk among the marchers. A figure in a tall decorated headdress is visible near the centre of the procession. A loudspeaker horn is mounted in the left foreground.

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