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Night photograph of a Ganga Aarathi ceremony on a riverside ghat in Varanasi. Several priests in white dhotis and pink or white shirts stand at the railing holding lit brass lamps and performing aarti before the river. Crowds of devotees line the steps and a rail in the foreground, some in orange and red clothing. Three illuminated green and gold umbrella-shaped lamps and yellow flags rise above the scene, with multi-storey buildings, an Airtel sign and a red banner behind. Lamps flicker on the water-side platform below.

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