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Night aarti at a riverside ghat with a large crowd on the steps and terraces. Strings of hanging cloth and draped banners stand in front of a lit canopy with coloured lights. On the stepped platform, several priests in pale ritual clothing stand around brass lamps and offering vessels, and one figure bends forward near the steps. Many people in dark and light clothing watch from the stairs, and open umbrellas shelter the foreground. Shop signs and banners line the street behind the ghat.

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Night photograph of an aarti ceremony on the Varanasi ghat at Manikarnika, with a dense crowd of devotees and onlookers filling the stone steps and terraces. Several robed priests in white and cream dhotis stand near the water's edge with oil lamps and flaming offerings on brass plates, while a worker in an orange shirt kneels by the steps. Umbrellas and hanging cloth banners frame the scene, with red shopfronts and strings of lights glowing behind. Uniformed police stand among the crowd.2014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14April 02 20142014-04-02May 14 20142014-05-14Night-time Ganga Aarti on a riverside ghat in a crowded Indian city. Several priests in orange and saffron garments stand behind brass lamps with flaming oil lamps and offerings, performing the ritual before a dense mass of seated devotees in white and mixed clothing. Strings of lights and illuminated umbrellas decorate the steps, and bright shop fronts with red and orange signage line the street above. A cloud of smoke rises from the lamps. The foreground shows many seated and standing onlookers, some holding mobile phones, with the background filled with more people beneath the lights.2014-04-02May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14Night photograph of a Ganga Aarathi ceremony on the riverside ghats, with a large crowd seated on steps in the foreground. Several priests in saffron and orange dhotis stand along a raised platform, holding lamps as smoke rises around them. Strings of coloured lights, lanterns and tall buildings frame the scene, and the crowd of devotees fills the ghats and steps. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2014-04-02May 14 20142014-05-14