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A large seated group of people in white clothing with red-orange cloth tied over their eyes as blindfolds, in a hall with a red-and-green patterned floor covering. Many hold small white cards. A bald man in the centre wears a white garment with gold edging and a beaded necklace, with red blindfold cloth around his head. In the foreground a woman in white with a red blindfold holds a card, and a camera with a lens is visible at the right edge. Water bottles sit on the floor. The page names a blindfold reading session at the Kumbh camp, and the cloths and cards match that activity. No figure is clearly identified as a person by appearance.

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