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A photograph of an outdoor Hindu fire ritual on a riverside ghat beside the Ganga. A figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair sits on a raised seat behind a small fire pit, while attendants in orange and red garments sit around it. Several ceremonial trishula staffs and a decorated silver seat stand nearby. On the right a table draped in orange cloth holds a kalasha-like arrangement of garlands, fruits and red and green items. A large crowd of devotees in white and red clothing sits on the stone steps facing the fire, with a film camera on a tripod and audio speakers at the lower right. A yellow umbrella shades the scene above the river railing.

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March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24Outdoor ritual by a river ghat: a standing officiant in an orange-red robe with a red turban and rudraksha mala stands at a raised stone platform beside a fire pit with glowing embers, a large brass-and-red offering arrangement, and a silver trident and ritual staffs. Two women in red-orange and white robes stand at the railing by the flowing river, and a crowd of seated devotees in white, orange and red fills the foreground. A yellow parasol shades the platform.2014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24Outdoor ritual on riverside steps beside a broad, muddy-green river. Two men in orange and rust-red robes sit before a yellow fringed parasol and a low table draped in orange cloth, holding ceremonial objects and offering items. The man on the left has a shaved head and sits with hands folded; the man in the middle wears a red turban, rudraksha beads and ornate red-orange garments, performing the ritual. Silver tridents and staffs stand around the altar. Facing them, roughly thirty seated devotees in white, orange and red shawls sit in rows on the steps, and a photographer with a tripod films from the right.2014-03-18March 18 20142014-03-18March 24 20142014-03-24