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Outdoor photo of a crowded procession on a dusty road during a Kumbh Mela event. At centre, a figure in a reddish-brown robe and an orange turban, wearing heavy gold and rudraksha-style necklaces, raises one hand in greeting while walking. Around him, men in white dhotis with gold borders and gold chains, and sadhus in orange and saffron robes, walk among tall red and green ceremonial umbrellas. Flags and a shaded canopy appear in the background under a clear sky. A bald young man in the right foreground wears a gold-bordered yellow cloth and a red tilak. The figure in the centre has distinctive turban and necklace cues. The people visible number roughly 20 or more.

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