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A photograph taken from a boat on a river ghat with stone temples and crowded steps behind. On the right, a bare-chested man with long dark hair tied back smiles, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and a dark rudraksha-style bead mala around his neck. A wooden pole and dark cloth canopy frame the left edge. Many people in white and light clothing stand along the steps and shoreline, and smoke rises from cremation fires near the water. The scene suggests a riverside ghat with a cremation area. Swamiji (probable) is visible in the foreground with long hair, orange shawl and bead mala.

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