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Street scene at a Kumbh Mela area with several large roadside hoardings. Left, a billboard shows a smiling woman in a green and orange saree beside the text for the Rashtriya Swachh Ganga Mission. Centre, a yellow and orange banner reads Tirthraj Prayag mein Purna Kumbh. Right, a large banner shows a bald-headed, smiling man in a white and red garment with a gold chain, labelled Shri Premabhushan Ji Maharaj, advertising Shri Ramkatha. Below, pedestrians walk along a dusty road: men in jackets and sweaters, a woman in a blue headscarf carrying a bundle, an elderly woman in a white shawl, and a man carrying bags on his head. A red van sits at the left edge. The hoardings are promotional for religious events, not depictions of a person.

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