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A photograph of the Manikarnika ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, seen from a boat in the foreground. Two people in the lower left are seen from behind: a man in white with an orange cloth over his shoulder, and a woman in a leopard-print top, looking toward the shore. On the ghat, smoke rises from cremation fires among piles of firewood, with a crowd of people gathered on the steps. Ornate temple spires and multi-storey buildings line the riverfront, and wooden boats rest at the water's edge.

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A photograph taken from a boat on a river at a riverside ghat in Varanasi. In the left foreground, a man with long dark hair and a white forehead band sits wearing a leopard-print shawl over an orange saffron robe, with a rudraksha mala draped across his chest, his head bowed. An orange umbrella is partly visible at the top left. Behind the river, multi-tiered stone ghats, temple spires and stacks of firewood line the bank, and crowds of people stand and sit along the steps. Smoke rises from the cremation area at left, and several small boats rest on the brown water.A photograph taken from a riverbank in Varanasi, with a foreground figure in a leopard-print shawl sitting with one hand raised to the chin, gazing toward the ghats. Behind them, smoke rises from cremation fires on the riverside steps, with temple spires and multi-storey buildings in hazy light. A second person at the left edge wears a white shirt and an orange sash. Small figures crowd the ghat steps, and a boat sits on the river. +1 copiesFebruary 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13Photo taken from a boat on the Ganga at Varanasi, looking toward the crowded ghat with smoke rising from cremation pyres and stacked firewood piled on a wooden boat at the water's edge. Multi-storey stone buildings, a temple spire and a few small figures line the riverbank. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair wears a garland of orange and white flowers and gold earrings, and a red canopy with fringe edges the top left. Several seated passengers, including one in an orange top and one in white, watch the scene from the boat.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesMay 14 20142014-05-14February 13 20132013-02-13A riverside ghat scene on the Ganges at Varanasi with hazy sky and smoke rising from cremation pyres along the steps. Ornate temple spires, domes and a clock tower rise behind the stone steps. In the foreground, a man in white kurta holds an orange umbrella and wears an orange scarf, beside a woman with long dark hair, a white forehead band, an orange garment and a leopard-print top. A man in a light blue shirt and glasses is at lower right. Several people and boats are scattered along the water's edge.May 14 20142014-05-14Photograph of the Manikarnika Ghat cremation ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi. Multiple funeral pyres burn along the stone steps and riverbank, with smoke rising. On a white-and-pink boat in the foreground, many devotees in white clothes and saffron-orange shawls sit in rows, some with red scarves, while a cameraman films from the deck. Several people in white stand on the ghat steps above, and a flagpole with an orange pennant rises from the boat area. Behind are ancient temple spires and stacked wood piles. The page labels this as a Varanasi Manikarnika Ghat pada puja and arathi event.2014-05-14February 13 20132013-02-13