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A decorated floating platform on a river at dusk, draped with orange cloth and garlands of marigolds, white flowers and green leaves in purple, yellow and white strands. A figure with long dark hair in orange robes sits on the platform, and several men in white dhotis and orange cloth stand waist-deep in the water around it, hands raised toward the platform. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl stands on the red stone steps at right, holding a camera. Strings of small lights run along the red stepped ghat wall behind. The scene suggests a river ritual with a procession vessel, though the specific rite is not legible.

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