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A photograph of a ritual on red stone ghat steps beside a river. A standing man in orange and gold cloth, bare-chested, with long dark hair, white tilak markings, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and arm bands, holds up a brass multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti) toward the water. A seated woman in a white sari with gold border, hands folded in prayer, sits to the left among scattered flower petals. A red flag on a pole and devotees in the background, some in saffron and yellow, watch from behind a metal railing. Brass oil lamps line the steps. Identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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