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A photograph of a procession at the Kumbh Mela. A seated figure in an orange robe and orange turban sits on an ornate gold throne with carved lion and bird motifs, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, while a red flag, yellow and multicolored tasseled canopies frame the scene. Around the throne, several men in saffron and orange clothing stand or sit, including a bare-chested man with long hair and gold ornaments on the left and a bald man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala in the foreground. A man in a pink striped shirt and a figure playing cymbals at the lower right complete the procession.

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