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captured in images the mortal tale of the human condition unfolding in its myriad tones and hues in kaleidoscopic delight in this city immortalised by Mark Twain as "older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together", where over faiths, arts andphilosophy, wafts the endearing lullaby of death merging in the warmth of the funeral pyres on the waters of ganga maiya

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