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Long rows of seated sadhus and sannyasis in saffron and orange robes eat from metal plates on the floor of a large red-and-orange tent at a Kumbh Mela camp. Men in orange and ochre cloth serve food from steel pots, one bending forward to ladle rice. A bearded elder in orange with a tilak and a young priest in white with a yellow dhoti stand among the rows. Several women in orange saris with head coverings sit at the right, eating from plates. A white car is parked beside the tent, and cloth banners with pennant trim hang overhead, a communal annadan meal.

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