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Evening Ganga aarti on a riverbank ghat at dusk. Several large torches with bright flames are held aloft at the left and centre, and small floating oil lamps drift on the dark water in the foreground. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala and orange garland sits centrally behind a small blue-and-red deity murti on a low wooden platform, with hands folded in prayer; the figure's features are not clearly enough visible to confirm identity. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands on the steps holding a flaming torch. Behind them, a large seated crowd of devotees in white and red clothing sits on the steps, with many raising hands in prayer or filming with phones. a person is a candidate in the seated saffron-robed role, but his appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm.

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