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A framed informational display board with a gold-toned frame sits on a yellow table. The board is titled "HARIDWAR-GATEWAY TO LORD VISHNU" and shows two photographs: a night view of a crowded riverbank with illuminated structures and lights, and a river scene with people holding flaming lamps at the water's edge. Printed paragraphs describe Haridwar as a pilgrimage city on the Ganges in Uttarakhand. Above it, a stainless steel bowl holds cashews and raisins, and a small inset photo shows the same dry fruits.

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Evening Ganga aarti at a riverside ghat in Haridwar, with many devotees seated in rows on the steps in the foreground. Lit oil lamps and flames float on the dark water in front of several small shrines and a tall pinnacled temple on the bank. Terraced buildings and trees climb the hillside behind. In the right foreground, a figure in orange-saffron robes with long hair and a trident-topped staff faces the river, seen from behind and in silhouette, so no distinctive a person cues are clearly visible.2005-05-25A night photograph of a riverside ghat at Haridwar with a large crowd gathered along the water's edge. Many people in the foreground raise their arms and hands toward the river, some wearing headscarves and shawls. Lit temple structures, shrines and multi-storey buildings line the far bank under a dark, cloudy sky, with oil lamps and string lights glowing on the steps and water. The water reflects the lights. No individual person can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2005-05-25Dusk view across a broad river at a riverside ghat, with a large crowd of devotees seated in rows along the near bank facing the water. Many wear saris and shawls in red, orange, pink, yellow and green, and men wear white shirts. Lit oil lamps and electric lights line the temple-studded ghats on the far bank, with red and white shrines, domed spires and a tall lamp post. A wooden-roofed pavilion stands at right beside a stone shrine, and forested hills rise behind the town under a pale evening sky. No individual a person candidate is clearly visible in the crowd.2006-06-04May 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesEvening ghat ceremony on a riverbank at dusk, with a large crowd of devotees seated and standing closely together facing the water. Many people hold small lights, and oil lamps and flames line the steps and shrines along the river. In the foreground, a golden-orange statue of a deity or sage stands beside a ceremonial trident-like staff, and a strand of tasselled decorations hangs overhead. Lit temple spires and shrines glow against a dusky sky and wooded hills. Visible scene detail: saffron and orange cloth, white and pastel saris and kurtas, and several women in headscarves. Count is a large crowd, not a precise number.2006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04Evening aarti on a riverbank ghat at dusk, with large brass lamps with flames held aloft by priests in white dhotis on a stone platform at left and centre. A dense crowd of devotees, many women in headscarves and shawls in orange, red and yellow, stands on the steps and watches in silence, while hundreds of people in the foreground stand on the water's edge with their backs to the camera. Warm lamplight reflects on the flowing river. Ornate temple pavilions line the bank. Several dozen people are visible in total. No individual can be identified with confidence as a person from this distance, so no candidate is named.2005-05-25July 27 20142014-07-27Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat, with a large crowd of devotees seated on the steps and standing along the bank. Several priests in white dhotis and shirts stand on raised platforms holding lit flame lamps aloft toward the dark river, whose surface reflects the orange light. A small domed shrine stands at left and a pink and white temple-like structure at right. Commercial signs and a hotel building rise above the steps, and the water is in the foreground with more people seated along its edge. No individual is identifiable as a person.2008-07-10Evening ghat scene at a river with a large crowd gathered along the water's edge. Many devotees in dark and muted clothing, several women with heads covered in shawls, stand shoulder to shoulder facing the water. Along the far bank, illuminated temple structures with pale domes and multi-tiered shrine towers glow orange under lamplight, with lit oil lamps and flames visible along the steps and the riverfront. The water reflects the warm lights. A dark hill rises behind the buildings under dusk sky. The scene suggests a riverside aarti or evening puja, with the crowd standing in quiet attendance. No individual figure is identifiable as a person in this view.2005-05-25June 04 20062006-06-04October 04 20102010-10-04