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Outdoor photo on the stone steps of a Varanasi ghat beside the Ganga, with a sandstone building and a small temple behind. A woman in the foreground wears a tan shawl and a red bindi. Behind her, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl walks down the steps, with others in white and red-bordered clothes, some carrying yellow cloth bags. Signs read Shivala Ghat and Surnauday Haveli. A white-clad elderly man with a rudraksha mala stands at right. Several devotees in white and orange move along the steps, and a small blue-and-white shrine stands nearby.

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