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A crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi with many people standing and walking along wooden railings and stone steps, some in white clothing. Tall stacks of firewood are piled on a platform and smoke rises from a cremation area on the left. Wooden boats are moored at the water's edge in the foreground, and a cow stands among the people near the centre. Ornate temple spires and multi-storey buildings rise in the background under a hazy sky.

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May 14 20142014-05-14A busy riverfront ghat in Varanasi with a cremation ground in view. Crowds of people in white and cream clothing and some in orange, pink and maroon garments gather on stone steps near a small fire burning on the ground. Stacks of firewood are piled against a wall on the right, and smoke rises from several points across the scene. Tall temple spires and multi-storey stone buildings line the background above the ghat. In the foreground, moored wooden boats and a rope railing frame the scene, and a few saffron and dark flags are planted on a rooftop platform beside a tarpaulin canopy.A wide photograph of the Manikarnika ghat cremation area on the Ganges in Varanasi, with smoke rising from several funeral pyres. Stacked firewood piles sit on a stone platform, and a crowd of men in white and light clothing gathers around the burning pyres and the riverside steps. Multitiered temple spires and old stone buildings line the bank behind, with a yellow canopy and red flags visible above. Several figures sit on the lower steps near orange-wrapped bundles. Wooden poles and a few small boats occupy the foreground along the water's edge.May 14 20142014-05-14A busy riverside cremation ghat in Varanasi with a crowd of many people gathered on stone steps and platforms. Stacked firewood piles stand in the centre, and smoke rises from a pyre at left. Several men in white dhotis and cloth wraps walk among the crowd, and a black water buffalo stands near the right-hand steps. Ornate temple spires with red and white carved shikhara towers rise above the ghat, with saffron-coloured flags on tall poles at right. Bamboo railings, a blue-and-white tarpaulin canopy and scattered debris fill the foreground.Photograph of a riverside ghat in Varanasi along the Ganges, with several wooden pyres burning on stone steps near the water. Piles of firewood and debris line the bank, and cattle walk along the stairs. A crowd of roughly thirty people stands on the steps and terrace, several wearing white clothing and some in dark or light shirts. Wooden boats filled with logs sit in the river in the foreground, and a red flag flutters at the left edge. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this view, so the presence of a person is uncertain.2014-04-30Riverside ghat scene at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi with the Ganga in the foreground, several wooden boats moored at the steps, and stacked firewood piled along the bank. Ornate temple spires with curved shikhara towers rise on the right and left, and a dense cluster of older multi-storey buildings stands behind the ghat. Roughly a couple dozen people in white clothes are scattered across the stone steps and platforms, some standing in groups and others seated near the water, and a small fire burns at the left edge near the pyres. A yellow canopy hangs over a lower platform. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this view.2014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14February 13 20132013-02-13Elevated view of the Ganges river ghat at Varanasi with Manikarnika Ghat's cremation area in the foreground. Several crowded boats with white-clad passengers, some with red-and-white hulls and red flags, are moored along the water. On the right, funeral pyres burn on the steps, with flower-strewn cloth and piles of firewood, while onlookers stand near the steps. Small wooden boats and a pink tower lie beyond. Many people are visible, mostly in white or light clothes.2014-05-14A photograph of the Varanasi ghats along the Ganga river, showing stone steps and temple spires on the bank. Stacks of firewood lie on the riverbank and in wooden boats, with smoke rising near the ghat. Many small figures in light clothing move along the steps and waterfront, and a rower stands in a wooden boat in the foreground. Old multistorey buildings with blue awnings and a domed temple line the skyline. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2013-02-13May 14 20142014-05-14