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Evening riverside ritual at a ghat with a crowd of devotees gathered close together on the steps. In the foreground a sadhu wearing an orange-brown turban and a beaded brown-gold necklace stands beneath a yellow and orange umbrella, while a man in an orange kurta with a red and white scarf holds his hands together in prayer. Beside them a man in a white kurta and pink shawl and a bare-chested man in orange dhoti with rudraksha beads gesture in devotion, and a man in black shirt looks upward. Brass lamps and a silver staff-like ritual implement are raised, with smoke rising from the left. Behind them the illuminated river reflects lights and tents, and a camera operator is visible at the right edge. The Shipra river and temple lights create a festive, dusky atmosphere.

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