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Outdoor riverside ritual on stone steps beside a wide, calm river. A bare-chested man with a red-orange turban and red-orange wrap, with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his arms and body, bends forward over offerings. Around him sit devotees in red-orange shawls and white clothing, some wearing malas, watching the ceremony. Brass and decorated kalasha-like vessels, marigold garlands and yellow-and-green floral offerings are arranged on the steps near the river's edge. Several people sit in the foreground with their backs to the camera.