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Night-time outdoor ritual on a riverbank at Ganga ghat, with a lit oil lamp on a low brass platform at centre. A man in orange robes and rudraksha beads sits behind the lamp, and an orange-robed figure with a shaved head sits to the side. Two ornate parasols stand behind the ritual area, and a red-draped deity murti with floral garlands sits on a red-cloth platform at right. Dozens of seated devotees in white and red shawls, some with palms joined, fill the foreground, with a few men in white kurtas among them. Priest and devotee roles only; identity uncertain.

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