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A photograph of three men bathing in a murky river among splashing water beside a ghat. Beside them, boats are decorated with marigold garlands; one boat bears red and blue lettering. A man on the right wears a white kurta-style top and orange-red dhoti, facing a shaved-headed bather in the centre. The bather on the left, wearing rudraksha beads and gold-toned garland around the neck, is wet and smiling; no crown or ceremonial saffron cues are clearly visible for identification. The scene suggests a holy river immersion.

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A photograph of a river ritual on the Ganga at Varanasi. Three men stand waist-deep in greenish water. The man on the left, with a long reddish-maroon cloth wrapped at the waist and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, bends forward and supports a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shirt with gold-bordered cloth. A third man in white shirt and maroon lower cloth kneels in the water on the right, steadying the initiate. A white-clad figure stands on the stone steps at left, and a blue boat with lettering is visible at top. Water splashes around the group during the dip.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13A photograph at a riverside ghat on the Ganga in Varanasi, with people bathing in the water. In the centre, a man in an orange dhoti with a white beaded necklace, bare-chested with glasses, leans into the river and holds the hands of a bare-chested younger person in a white dhoti who is standing waist-deep. A third man in a white kurta and orange dhoti kneels behind him in the water. Marigold garlands in orange and yellow are strung along the boats and the steps. On the boats and the steps behind them, many people in orange and white robes watch, and a woman in an orange sari sits in one boat. The scene looks like a ritual dip in the sacred river.2013-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a riverside ghat on the Ganges in Varanasi. In the foreground, two men in orange-red cloth stand waist-deep in the brown water, one bare-chested with a beaded necklace, while a third man in white dhoti and red waist cloth supports them from the water. Behind them, many people in white and saffron-orange robes stand on boats with garlanded wooden rails and along the steps. Marigold garlands hang from the boats. A blue boat with a painted name sits to the right, and a large painted hull edge is visible at the top right.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13 +2 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13A photograph of a ghat on the Ganga in Varanasi where two women in white garments with orange-red shawls stand waist-deep in the river, one bending to immerse a young person's head while the other holds an orange cloth. Nearby, a man in white dhoti and red cloth and another in orange-red wrap with a beaded garland stand on the stone steps. Behind them, devotees in white and saffron sit in boats and along the bank, and a painted boat hull fills the upper right. Scattered petals and flowers lie on the steps. Multiple devotees and onlookers are visible.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copies