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Photo taken from a boat on the Ganges at dusk in Varanasi, with the crowded riverside ghats and temple spires of Manikarnika Ghat behind. Devotees in white clothes and red-orange shawls sit along the boat's railings and deck, some holding bags and water bottles. Ahead, a red boat with string lights and a small canopied platform carries a figure in white, and oil lamps burn on the steps while piles of firewood line the bank.