Varanasi, India. Ganga Aarti at night

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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, South Asia. Hindu preists offer prayers during the Ganga Aarti on the ghats of the Ganges river. Aarti is a prayer ceremony held twice daily at dawn and dusk. Pictured here is the main ghat, Dasaswamedh

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Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, South Asia
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