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Dusk on a stone ghat beside the Ganges at Varanasi, with a red sandstone tower with domed cupola and arched balconies on the left and a sign reading MISHRA GUESTHOUSE on its base. A group of about ten people in saffron and orange-red robes walks down the broad stone steps toward the river, several carrying bags, with a few women in white saris and a man in a checked shirt at right. Further back, a figure in red stands on the upper steps near the water, and lights glow along the far bank under a pale grey sky.