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A night-time crowd of devotees and visitors moves across a green-matted open ground at a Kumbh Mela site. Many people wear white dhotis, kurtas and shirts, while others wear bright saris and salwar kameez. A large white structure draped with strings of warm lights stands in the centre, and bright floodlights illuminate the scene. No individual can be identified as a person in this photo; the visible figures are devotees and visitors in general.

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