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Hindu devotees attend the Aarti ceremony at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. People take the evening ride on the holy river Ganges. Hindu priest chants the Mantras. Temples and flowers shops can be seen in the background. Every evening thousands of visitors assemble at Dashashwamedh Ghat, to view the spectacle of evening Aarti in Varanasi. Though this tradition itself may be thousands of years old, in the modern days the Aarti is a choreographed show with priests in traditional Indian clothes using huge deepams and mashals or Cressets, moving to the tune of melodious Aarti and Bhajans. Source: http://desitraveler.com/ This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection