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Hoardings with portraits of former police constable-turned-Hindu preacher Bhole Baba are kept at a workshop near his ashram in Bichhawan village of Mainpuri district, in IndiaÂ’s Uttar Pradesh state on July 4, 2024. - Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

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