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Outdoor photograph at a Kumbh Mela camp under bright daylight, with a tall orange-and-white pole and a white tent structure behind. A central figure in a rust-orange turban and layered rudraksha and gold-bead malas stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him a bearded man in ochre robes stands near a sannyasi in orange cloth with a shaved head, and a man in an orange shawl with a long-haired companion in white dhoti stands close by. A cameraman with a video camera films the group, and a uniformed police officer stands at the right edge. Several people in white and ochre clothing surround them, most with ash marks and beads.

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