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A large group of saffron-robed devotees, most with raised arms, gathers on stone steps beside the Ganga at Varanasi. Tridents and staffs rise above the crowd, and a saffron flag flies at left. A central figure in an orange robe wears long rudraksha malas and a white-beaded necklace, smiling with arms raised, and a seated woman in a red-and-orange sari sits in front. Onlookers stand on the steps behind, and a black speaker sits at lower right.