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A photograph of an evening river ritual. In the foreground a man with long black hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits on a brick ledge, wearing an orange shawl with an ornate gold necklace. He holds a small brass handbell in his left hand and an aarti lamp with a lit flame in his right, offering it toward the water. Behind him, several people in orange robes stand, and a man in white clothes holds a video camera while standing in the river. Plastic water containers are stacked on the bank, and a silver trident-like staff leans in the lower left.

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