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A bare-chested man stands waist-deep in the Ganga river with his palms pressed together in namaste, facing the camera. He wears a red checked dhoti, a thin white thread necklace with a small pendant, a metal bracelet, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a wooden boat is moored with rope and bamboo poles. In the lower right foreground a blurred person in a red and white patterned cloth is partly visible. The scene suggests a riverside bath at dawn or dusk.

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October 11 20152015-10-11June 04 20162016-06-04A photo of a bare-chested older man with grey hair and a short grey beard standing waist-deep in a calm river at dusk, cupping water in his hands and letting it spill from his fingers. He wears a wet white dhoti-like cloth and a reddish-brown cloth hangs from his waist into the water. A small wooden boat with a canopy sits on the left, with two distant figures near it, and a lit diya floats on the water. The pale sky and still water suggest a ghat ritual, possibly a river offering at dawn or dusk.2015-10-11June 02 20162016-06-02June 02 20162016-06-02A photograph of a man standing waist-deep in a wide river at dawn, bare-chested with wet hair slicked back, palms pressed together in prayer above his head and face lifted skyward. A white cloth is wrapped around his lower body. To the left, another bare-chested man stands partly submerged, arms resting on the water. Behind them a covered wooden boat is moored near the shore under a pale, hazy sky. The scene suggests a ritual bath or water prayer.2015-10-11June 02 20162016-06-02October 11 20152015-10-11A man with wet, slicked-back hair stands waist-deep in a murky river at dawn, palms pressed together at chest height and face lifted upward in prayer, wearing a wet white cloth around his waist. Behind him, another bare-chested man wades in the water, and a covered wooden boat sits moored on the far bank under a hazy grey sky. The scene suggests a ritual bath in the Ganga, with no visible throne, saffron robes, malas or other markers identifying a person candidate.2015-10-11October 11 20152015-10-11June 02 20162016-06-02October 11 20152015-10-11