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Outdoor riverside ritual on a ghat beside flowing water, with temple spires and a clock tower behind. A woman in a rust-red sari with a red turban and a heavy beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a patterned rug, hands open in a gesture of offering. Beside her an elderly man with white hair and beard wears white clothing with a purple-bordered shawl and a red tilak mark. In front, a silver-framed deity murti is garlanded with marigolds and red flowers, with oil lamps, brass plates and flower offerings on a tray. Onlookers stand along the bank and a shirtless man stands at left.

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March 20 20142014-03-20Outdoor riverside ritual at a ghat beside a flowing river. In the centre, a person in a rust-red turban, red-orange robe with a gold-bordered dhoti, a long rudraksha-style mala with gold necklaces, and gold armbands sits cross-legged on a patterned mat with hands folded. Beside them on the left, an elderly white-haired man with a grey beard wears white clothing and a purple-bordered shawl and sits with hands clasped. To the right, a silver peetha holds a deity murti of a goddess draped in red and pink flower garlands, with marigold strings, brass pots, a lamp, and offerings on plates. Behind them, temple spires, a stone shrine and onlookers stand along the bank.2014-03-20March 20 20142014-03-20March 20 20142014-03-20March 20 20142014-03-20A figure seated on a leopard-print mat at a riverside ghat in Haridwar, with palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a red-maroon turban, a maroon-red robe with gold border, a heavy gold necklace, and gold bangles. Before him on a silver tray is a deity murti garlanded with red and orange flowers, with fruit offerings and marigold garlands. Behind are a river with temples, a clock tower, and onlookers. a person is seated in devotion before the murti during a river-side ritual.2014-03-20March 20 20142014-03-20March 20 20142014-03-20A photograph at a riverside ghat in Haridwar with a wide grey river behind. A seated man with short dark hair and a white-and-red forehead mark wears a saffron-orange robe, a long orange marigold garland with a gold rudraksha-style necklace, and a rudraksha bracelet; he holds his cupped hands out toward an offering. Opposite him, a man in a white shirt with a bracelet holds a small offering over a silver-railed table where a deity murti in blue with a crown and pink garlands sits on a silver-framed seat. Behind them are an ornate temple spire, a stone tower and a red-and-white clock tower, with a crowd on the banks.2014-07-27Outdoors beside a river with a large crowd lining the far bank, a figure in saffron-red robes with orange marigold garlands sits cross-legged on a striped mat, hands in a mudra, facing an offering. In front of them a silver-framed murti of a deity draped in pink and red garlands sits on a silver stand, while a man in white kurta sprinkles flowers and tends oil lamps and a silver tray of sweets. A red-and-white clock tower stands in the background. The seated figure has long swept-back hair, a wrapped orange-gold cloth and a rudraksha-style bracelet; their appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity from the page, so the role is priest/devotee.2014-07-27March 20 20142014-03-20Outdoor riverside ritual at a ghat beside flowing water. A figure in a red-orange turban, red-and-gold robe, large gold necklace, gold armbands and bracelets sits on a patterned mat, holding flower petals in cupped hands, next to a silver palanquin-style stand holding a deity murti draped in red and pink garlands and marigold strands. Trays of offerings, small oil lamps and a kalasha-like vessel sit on a cloth in front. An elderly man in white with a purple-bordered shawl sits with folded hands beside them. Behind, seated devotees in white and pale clothes, a man in a blue shirt and onlookers stand along the steps, with a stone temple structure rising from the water and a crowd watching from the far bank. Whether the central figure is a person is not established by the image alone, so the appearance-based label is probable only through role and dress cues.2014-03-20