Note 432 — Chapter I
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Sometimes ghi lamps are placed upon the waters of the Ganges or the Jumna, and vessels of metal, pice, and cocoanuts are cast into the stream. At such a time, when many people are standing on the banks offering prayers with folded hands, or engaged in the arati,432 the river presents a very picturesque scene, the numerous lights being reflected in the water.433