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A photograph of several crowded boats on the Ganges at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi. Many devotees in white clothing with red and orange sashes or shawls sit and stand on the decks. Saffron-robed figures sit near a central boat with a yellow umbrella and a red flag. On the shore, stacked firewood and burning pyres are visible beside flower offerings and people in white. Smoke rises at the lower right, and a red flag flies at upper right.

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