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Wide view of the Ganges river at Varanasi on a hazy morning, with dozens of wooden rowing boats moored in shallow water and more boats scattered across the river in the distance. In the foreground on the left, a few people wade and bathe in the water near the boats. A woman in a teal headscarf and red garment stands on the right beside a moored boat, and another woman in a blue garment and red shawl stands on the stone steps at the bottom edge. A small flag flies from a boat at right. No a person candidate is visible.

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Hazy morning view of the Ganges at Varanasi with many small wooden boats moored along the water. In the foreground, a long flat-topped wooden boat with a blue canopy frame sits at a ghat, and a man in light clothing stands at its bow holding a long bamboo pole. Further out, two people sit in a small blue boat, and several people bathe or stand in the shallow water near the boats. Distant riverfront buildings fade into the mist.2006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06A hazy morning view over a wide river with many small wooden boats moored at the right bank in the foreground, some painted red, blue and purple. A small group of people sits in a boat on the left, and a few figures stand near the moored boats at the lower right. Distant riverside buildings and steps line the far bank under pale, misty sky. The scene resembles the Ganga ghats at Varanasi.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Wide view over a wide, hazy river with several wooden boats moored at a riverside ghat. A red flag flies from a boat cabin on the right, and other small passenger boats are crowded with people further out on the water. In the lower right corner, a person with long dark hair in an orange-saffron garment looks out over the river, partly cropped by the frame. Along the bottom left, a few seated people and a bald head are visible on the steps of the ghat, and an orange cloth hangs from a pole on the left.2006-01-06A hazy morning view over a wide river with small wooden boats moored in the foreground. Several red and blue boats float near the right side, some with a small flag, while two people in orange and dark clothing sit in one boat at the bottom right. A smaller boat with several seated passengers drifts on the left. The far bank shows a line of buildings and steps under a pale sky. No a person is visible and no ritual activity is shown.2006-01-06Hazy morning view over the Ganga river at Varanasi, with a row of colourful wooden boats moored at the ghat. A rowing boat with two people crosses the water in the middle distance. On the left, a fisherman in light clothing stands on a bamboo-framed wooden boat, casting a long fishing rod. Several people sit in boats on the right, and a man stands waist-deep in the river near the edge. Distant ghat buildings appear faintly along the far shore under a pale sky.2006-01-06A hazy riverside scene on a sandy ghat beside a wide river. Several wooden boats with red pennants are moored along the bank, and a larger red-and-white passenger boat sits at the right. Low wooden benches line the sand, and a few people stand and sit near the boats, with a purple cloth draped over a bench at lower left. Distant buildings and trees lie across the river under a pale sky. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2014-04-30Wide photograph of a crowded riverside ghat on the Ganga in Varanasi, with many wooden rowboats moored along the water. Hundreds of small figures in everyday clothes walk and sit on stone steps beneath colourful umbrellas and cloth awnings. An orange flag flies on a tall pole near the water's edge, and a white-roofed pavilion stands among the boats. A long pink and blue patterned cloth lies across the foreground. Hazy sky over the far river bank. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2015-10-02Hazy wide view of a broad river, the Ganga at Varanasi, with pale grey water in the foreground. Along the distant sandy far bank, several wooden boats are moored in a row, and a few small boats with seated passengers drift on the water. Small figures stand and move along the riverbank among the boats, under a misty grey sky. A thin wooden stake or pole rises at the bottom edge.2015-10-02Wide hazy view of the Ganga river at Varanasi at dawn or dusk, with a pale sky and a distant tree-lined far bank. Several wooden rowing boats float on the grey water, with a few small boats and a rower in the upper right. In the lower foreground, figures stand at a crowded ghat by stacked firewood and timber piles beside moored boats, and a flock of birds crosses the sky. Faint orange marigold petals appear on the water near the ghat steps. The scene contains no identifiable a person depiction.2015-10-02