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Looking upward at a thatched conical roof of a tent at a Kumbh Mela camp against an overcast grey sky. A brass or gold-tipped finial with small hanging bells crowns the peak. Two tall wooden poles wrapped in dark cloth angle outward from the top, with guy ropes running from them to the tent apex and down to the ground. Part of a red fabric structure appears at the lower right edge with a thin metal pole beside it. No people are visible.

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