Dusk on a rocky riverbank, with a wide river and low hills behind. A single figure stands at the water's edge in a long red-maroon garment, one arm raised high holding a lit flame or torch. Pebbles and stones cover the foreground, and dark tree line lies across the far bank. The figure is distant and not clearly identifiable, so no a person candidate is confirmed from appearance. - Nithyanandapedia

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Dusk on a rocky riverbank, with a wide river and low hills behind. A single figure stands at the water's edge in a long red-maroon garment, one arm raised high holding a lit flame or torch. Pebbles and stones cover the foreground, and dark tree line lies across the far bank. The figure is distant and not clearly identifiable, so no a person candidate is confirmed from appearance.

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March 10 2014

March 10 2014

Dusk on a pebbled riverbank beside a wide, calm river with forested hills behind. A figure in a long orange-red robe stands near the water holding a small lit lamp or flame at chest height. In the foreground, a girl with a long braid, wearing a white patterned outfit, raises her hands in a gesture of worship toward the river. A second, smaller figure in reddish clothing stands further left near the shore. Small offerings lie scattered among the stones. The scene is bluish with fading daylight.

March 10 2014

A man stands on a pebbled riverbank at dusk, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand while his left hand is folded near his chest. He wears a rust-red dhoti with a gold-trimmed waist sash, a matching reddish shawl across his bare shoulders, a rudraksha mala, and white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. Behind him the wide grey river flows past rocks and distant hills under a pale evening sky. Two small figures in white are seated or standing far off along the shore.

A figure in a reddish-maroon dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands barefoot on a pebbled riverbank at dusk, holding a lit oil lamp in both cupped hands above the water of a wide river. A small floating flower offering rests on the stones at lower left, and dark trees line the far bank under a blue evening sky. The figure has a shaved head and sacred markings on the arms. Appearance cues are only partly visible; the person is a priest performing a river-side lamp offering.

A shaved-headed man in an orange-brown sleeveless wrap and rudraksha beads stands on a pebbled riverbank at dusk, holding a small lit flame in his cupped right hand over the grey river water. Pale ash or markings streak his bare shoulder and chest, and a wrist mala is visible. Behind him are a hillside with trees and distant buildings, and a faint figure sits near the water. The flame suggests an aarti or fire offering at the Ganga ghat; the visible person is shaved-headed in a plain saffron-toned wrap, without clear cues to a person, so identity is uncertain.

Dusk photograph at a riverbank with dark water and wooded hills beyond. A single man stands on smooth stones at the water's edge, wearing a reddish-brown robe with a fold wrapped at the waist and a rudraksha mala around his neck. He holds his hands together near his chest while a lit flame rests on top of his shaved head. A small floral offering sits on the stones nearby. The scene appears to be a ritual at a ghat, with the flame as the main focus against the dim blue water.

Dusk view of a wide river with a pebbled bank in the foreground. Two small lit oil lamps float on the dark water, one near the middle and one on the right. A seated person in a light white garment with dark hair sits at the lower left edge on a green mat, mostly cropped. Distant hills and a line of trees sit under a pale blue sky.

Evening ritual on a stone ghat beside a wide river at dusk, with a hanging suspension bridge and hills behind. A woman in a red sari with a red shawl and forehead markings stands with palms pressed together in prayer at left. A man in a red-and-saffron dhoti and red head wrap, with a beaded mala, holds a lit oil lamp over an offering tray while another robed figure in red stands behind him. Seated devotees in red clothing sit at left, and a small fire burns on the stone in front with brass vessels and flowers. The image is a photograph of an outdoor puja.

A photograph of a river at dusk with a small lit oil lamp or diya floating on the water among scattered rocks and flower petals. Pink and white flower petals and blossoms drift across the shallow, rippling water, and the dark tree line of the far bank fades into a blue twilight sky. No people are visible in the scene.

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