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A dusk river ghat scene at a riverside temple area, with a crowd of devotees gathered along red wooden railings above flowing water. Several men in white kurta-dhoti and white shirts hold up lit oil lamps and flames toward the river during an evening aarti. A man in a striped shirt and a woman in a red sari with shawl stand among onlookers, and a bather in a checked lungi wades in the water below. A red-and-white temple structure with Hindi signboards stands behind the crowd, and a small shop with blue umbrellas is at left. Warm lamplight reflects on the water. The picture is a photograph; no clearly identifiable a person is visible.

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