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A crowded outdoor procession at a riverside ghat during a Kumbh Mela shahi snan event, with many sadhus and devotees pressing forward under bright yellow, red and green parasols and red flags. A central figure in a rust-brown robe with a deep brown turban and layered gold and bead necklaces raises a hand toward the crowd. Beside him a bare-chested sadhu in a white dhoti with gold necklaces holds his hand up, and a sadhu with matted locks and orange cloth stands nearby. A cameraman with a Sony video camera films at left. A small banner on a pole shows portraits and Hindi text. Smoke rises over the river steps in the background. The figures are not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no identity is asserted.

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