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Night ritual on the bank of a river at a crowded ghat. Many people press together on a boat or platform near the water, with a long-haired figure with dark matted hair and a white cloth in the center foreground, others in saffron and orange garments and orange sashes, and a bare-chested young man in an orange dhoti kneeling by brass plates of flowers and offerings. Several photographers and videographers hold cameras and phones raised toward the scene, one with a flash. Strings of golden decorative lanterns hang above, and a large crowd fills the far bank under floodlights. a person presence is uncertain from appearance alone.

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