Devotees Gather for Kumbamela

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A wide-angle, full shot, detailed illustration of an ancient Indian or Southeast Asian religious ceremony with a large procession of people and elephants along a wide river, with a large tree on the left, and temple-like buildings across the river. The sky is bright with warm colors of yellow and light blue, and is depicted with a bright sun, a mandala, flowers, and an abstract golden symbol at the upper center, radiating light. The large tree is decorated with mandalas, flowers, golden symbols, and long garlands made of colorful flowers hanging down. On the left, several people are seated on decorative rugs near the river. The person in the foreground, facing right, is dressed in rich red and gold clothes, and has a radiant halo around his head. A small oil lamp on a decorated pedestal with an overflowing arrangement of flowers is in front of him. Further to the right, a fair-skinned man with white hair and beard, wearing a loincloth, and also with a radiant halo, is seated, facing left. People and elephants are processing along the river bank from the middle of the painting to the upper right. Several men are on the backs of brightly decorated elephants, each carrying a different colored flag and golden staff. Many