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Outdoor ghat ceremony beside a broad river at dusk. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis sit on the stone steps before a decorated puja table covered in gold brocade, with brass vessels, a plate of flowers and a kalasha-like arrangement. On the right, a central figure in ornate golden-orange garments and a tall headpiece sits behind a tiered altar of yellow and green-wrapped pots, garlanded with white flowers, and a bearded priest in red and saffron tends the offerings. Silver trishula staffs stand upright in the foreground, and a woman in red and gold sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat near the front. Devotees in white and orange sit on the steps and on the left, watching the rite. The scene suggests a river puja such as aarti or abhishekam, with yellow kumkum-coloured cloth and marigolds scattered on the stone.

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