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Night photo of a river ghat ceremony. A woman in a red sari stands in dark water holding a lit torch of flames aloft beside a tall standing deity murti draped in green and gold cloth and garlanded with flowers. Several people in the water hold red ropes or cloth to guide a wooden float or platform carrying the figure. A bald man in white clothing stands among them, and a few more people are visible at the right edge near a wooden railing. Ghat steps and a stone structure are visible in the dark background.

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