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Photograph taken from a boat on the Ganga at Varanasi, looking toward the riverside ghats. Foreground shows a long-haired person's head and raised right arm wearing a rudraksha bead bracelet, pointing toward the shore; two silver trishula staffs stand on the boat's prow, and several seated people in orange and saffron clothing sit at the bow. On the bank, stacked firewood piles, smoke rising, crowds on the steps, and multi-tiered temple spires with shikhara domes. The person's clothing is largely out of frame and no face is clearly visible, so no identification is made.

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