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Evening aarti on a riverbank ghat at dusk, with a large crowd of devotees packed along stone steps and terraces above the water. A white-striped, shikhara-style temple structure stands at center, its sign reading a shrine name in Devanagari. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas hold lit oil lamps or torches toward the water, while others sit on wooden platforms. Warm lamplight reflects on the rippling river in the foreground, and multi-storey buildings with lit windows rise behind the crowd. A red-lettered Hindi sign on a building reads a primary health centre notice.

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