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Outdoor ghat steps at the Ganges in Varanasi with many saffron-clad devotees. A man in the centre wears wire-rimmed glasses, a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small silver vessel while standing beside a smiling woman in a saffron sari with a rudraksha mala who presses her palms together. A man at the left has a saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and a yellow tilak on his forehead. A figure in the foreground wears a saffron turban with white flower petals and a marigold garland, and holds a silver staff with a trident-like top. Other people in white and saffron dhotis and robes stand on the steps with their hands in anjali, and a kneeling person at the right wears a rudraksha mala and bangles.

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