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Wide hazy photograph of the Ganga river near Varanasi with a large crowd gathered on a sandbank and at the water's edge. Several wooden boats are moored or drifting, one long boat carries a row of seated passengers, and small figures wade and bathe in the shallow water on the right. Distant trees fade into morning mist. Tents or cloth canopies are visible on the sand at left. Figures are too small and distant to identify roles or clothing precisely; the scene reads as a riverside ghat gathering in Varanasi.

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A hazy wide photograph of the Ganga river at a ghat in Varanasi, with a sandy bank and shallow water. Several wooden boats are moored along the bank, some carrying passengers, and small tents with colourful cloth canopies stand on the sand. Horses are tethered at the right edge. Many people bathe and wade in the shallows, and others stand on the sand and in the boats. A few distant figures are visible on the far sandbank. No identifiable a person figure appears; the people are bathers, boatmen and onlookers at the riverside.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02Hazy photograph of a wide sandy riverbank and river at Varanasi with many small figures standing and wading in the shallow water. Several moored wooden boats with colourful cloth canopies in red, orange, pink and white sit at the bank, with people gathered on and around them. A rider on horseback is visible near the centre-right of the bank. Further figures stand on distant sandbars under a pale grey sky. No individual can be clearly identified as the a person, so the candidate is left uncertain.2015-10-02Hazy wide view of the Ganga riverfront at Varanasi with a broad sandy bank under a pale sky. Many small figures wade and bathe in the shallow water in the foreground and along the shore. Several wooden boats are moored at the edge, one crowded with people on the right. Makeshift canopies and tents with red and yellow cloth stand on the sand, a horse-rider appears on the left, and a few people walk the bank. Distant trees line the far shore. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible at this distance.2015-10-02Photograph of a wide, hazy river surface with choppy grey-blue water in the foreground. Across the middle distance, a line of moored wooden boats and small vessels sits along a distant sandy bank under a pale, overcast sky. No people are visible in the scene.2015-10-02A wide hazy river scene on the Ganga at Varanasi. In the foreground a large wooden boat is crowded with about thirty passengers, many in orange and red clothing and some wearing white head coverings, while a standing boatman in orange at the stern steers. An orange flag flies from the stern. Further back, several other boats and small groups of people are scattered across the pale river and sandbank, with tents and canopies visible on the far bank under a grey sky.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 photograph of a riverbank crowd at a large Kumbh-style pilgrimage site. A dense line of people in colourful saris, dhotis and orange clothing stands along the water's edge beside several wooden boats moored at the bank. Tall lamp posts, bamboo poles with small red and orange flags, and temporary stalls and signboards fill the sandy ground behind them, with a pair of tall telecom towers and tree line on the horizon. The foreground is open grey river water.2013-02-05Hazy riverbank at a Ganga confluence-type shore with many wooden and painted boats moored along the water's edge. Around a dozen people stand and wade near the boats, including a woman in a bright orange sari bending over a bundle on the sandy bank, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, and others in mixed colours. Dry reeds and debris cover the foreground sand, and tall bamboo poles stand in the shallows. No a person candidate is visible in this scene.2013-02-05January 08 20062006-01-08February 05 20132013-02-05A wide photograph of boats crowded on the brown river water at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, with many people seated and standing in wooden boats, some with flags on poles. A green-and-red flag and a small blue-and-yellow flag fly above the boats, and a dark bird glides in the pale sky. Wooded hills and buildings lie along the far bank. Passengers wear saris, kurtas and shawls in red, green, white and maroon, and a few hold oars or umbrellas. The foreground is choppy river water.2006-01-08