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A standing devotee in orange robes raises a brass aarti lamp with several lit wicks high above his head at a riverside ghat, smoke rising into a grey evening sky. He wears a red-bordered orange dhoti and a wrap around his waist, with a short-sleeved orange top and a beaded necklace. Seated devotees in orange clothes line the stone steps to his left. Fast brown river water flows past metal chain-linked posts, and forested green hills with scattered buildings rise behind the far bank.

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July 03 20082008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03A photograph of a riverside ghat at dusk beside a fast-flowing, murky river with rocks and a mountain-covered valley behind. Several people in saffron-orange robes stand on stone steps, holding small lamps with lit flames toward the water. A white-clad elderly man with a white beard stands among them holding a lamp, and a figure in a teal shirt and dark trousers reaches toward the water at the chain railing. A small red-roofed shrine with a spire and flags stands at the upper left, and a man in white dhoti stands at the far left edge with a saffron cloth. Chain-linked bollards line the edge of the water. The scene appears to be an evening lamp offering at the river.July 03 20082008-07-03Evening Ganga aarti at a riverside ghat with fast-flowing water. A figure in orange robes stands at the edge of the steps, facing the river and holding a lit oil lamp aloft in an outstretched arm. Around the ghat, a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange clothing sits and stands with palms pressed together in anjali. Several boys in yellow-orange clothes kneel near the front, and a man in an orange shawl with a red garment sits at the left. Blue-and-white posts and a chain line the riverbank, and a small red-and-white shrine structure stands behind the group.2008-07-03A river aarti at the edge of a fast-flowing, murky-white river in the hills. Several young men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row on stone steps. Beside them, an older man in white kurta and dhoti holds a lit oil lamp and performs the ritual. A small red shrine with a pointed finial and yellow flags stands behind them, with a figure visible inside. Green forested mountains, a power line and hillside buildings fill the background.Riverside ghat ritual on a fast-flowing mountain river with grey clouds and forested hills behind. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the edge holding a raised saffron flag aloft over the water. Seated devotees in orange and white clothing, some with orange shawls, sit on the stone steps before a small red-roofed shrine with yellow flags. A bearded man in orange sits near the front holding a brass vessel. Several people in orange and white watch from the steps; a man in a dark shirt and orange shirt stands at the railing on the right. Dense crowd in the foreground, roughly 20-30 visible people.2008-07-03Dusk on a fast-flowing river with a steep wooded hillside behind. On stone steps at the water's edge, a group of young men in saffron-orange robes stand in a line facing the river, several holding up small lit lamps or offerings toward a small red shrine with a flame burning beside it. An older man in white dhoti-style clothing stands in the centre and joins in the offering, while another person in a teal shirt kneels at the shrine. At left, an older man with white hair and beard, wearing an orange shawl and white dhoti, stands on the upper steps. Metal posts with chains line the riverbank, and a village of houses sits on the far hillside.January 19 20142014-01-19 +1 copiesJanuary 19 20142014-01-19 +1 copiesA man in orange saffron robes stands on a riverside stone platform, raising a large golden-brown ceremonial lamp tray high in his right arm toward a fast, churning river of white water. Gold bangles are on his wrist and a red-orange cloth is around his neck. Behind him, several people in orange and white clothing sit or kneel along the platform edge, one with hands raised in prayer. Blue metal posts and chains line the riverbank, with boulders and green vegetation on the far shore. The scene suggests a river aarti ceremony at the Ganga.2008-07-03A man in a red-orange turban and matching orange-red cloth draped over the shoulders and body stands bare-shouldered beside a wide river, holding a polished silver multi-flame aarti lamp with three lit oil lamps, ornate scrollwork and a red flower offering on the tray. He wears large gold-toned beaded necklaces, rudraksha bracelets and a tilak with white ash markings on his arm. Behind him are a suspension bridge, hills and riverside temple buildings at dusk, indicating an aarti performed at a riverbank.2014-01-19 +1 copies