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Night photo of a crowd gathered on a riverbank at dusk, facing dark water with faint lights reflecting on it. Many devotees stand shoulder to shoulder in front of a large professional video camera with a boom microphone on the right. Foreground figures include a young man in glasses with a tilak, a woman in a yellow top holding a phone camera, a woman in a pink headscarf and a bald elderly man in white. Several people raise hands in prayer. Background shows dark hillside with street lights and buildings. No clearly identifiable a person appearance is visible among the foreground people.

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July 09 20082008-07-09Night photograph of a large crowd of devotees seated on the ghat steps facing the river at Haridwar. Many people in the foreground wear white, pastel and headscarves, and a few heads are shaved. In the middle distance, a figure in light blue clothing stands in the water with one arm raised, while a lit oil lamp and a decorated platform or palanquin glow near the riverbank. Rows of lamps line the ghats and buildings along the shore, with forested hills rising behind. The scene shows evening aarti at the river.Night ganga aarti at a riverside ghat in Haridwar, with a dense crowd of devotees in the foreground seen from behind, many in white and pastel head coverings and shawls, some children among them. Beyond the water, several robed priests stand on the steps holding burning oil lamps, flames rising in the dark, and a decorated palanquin or ratha-like structure with a lit deity image sits near the steps. Hills rise behind the ghat under street lights.Night photograph of a large crowd gathered at a riverside ghat for the evening Ganga aarti. Foreground devotees stand close together; a man in front wears an orange-saffron shawl and another in a white kurta holds his hands in anjali near a woman in a pale green salwar. Dark river water reflects scattered lights, with illuminated buildings and lamps along the far bank. Many more people fill the background. Only the visible people are counted here, and no clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance.2008-07-09July 09 20082008-07-09Night-time outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated on a riverside ghat, with dark water and lit lamps visible at the edge. A man in the centre wears a saffron shawl over white clothes and a woman beside him wears an orange shawl over a white sari; both sit facing forward with hands folded. Nearby a woman in red and green draped with an orange wrap, children, and devotees in saffron, yellow and pink clothing sit among the crowd. On the right, a man in a striped shirt holds a camera. A tall black cloth-draped structure rises beside the seated group. Illuminated shrines and streetlights appear in the background. a person candidate appears as a man in saffron shawl over white, with long hair and no visible crown or malas, so identity is uncertain.2006-06-04Evening crowd gathered on the steps of a river ghat at dusk, watching a Ganga aarti by the water. Many devotees in saffron, yellow, pink and white clothing sit closely packed in the foreground, with a few standing near the water's edge. Small oil lamps glow on the dark river surface, and an old stone shrine tower on the right displays a painted deity poster in red and blue. Temple domes and lit buildings line the far bank. No identifiable a person figure is visible among the crowd.2008-07-09July 10 20082008-07-10June 04 20062006-06-04July 09 20082008-07-09A large night gathering of many hundreds of people seated and standing on an open ground under bright floodlights, with dark trees along the background. Most attendees wear white or light shirts and trousers, with some in colourful shirts and a few women in saris and salwar. A tripod-mounted video camera stands at centre-left beside a man in a white kurta and an orange shawl. A blue-and-white stage or seating area is visible far back.2005-11-16Evening photograph of a crowd of devotees standing and kneeling on red-and-white stone steps along a water-side ghat at dusk. Many wear white kurtas and salwar kameez, with a woman in the foreground in a cream and yellow dupatta and white kurta with hands joined in namaste. Others in the group wear purple, red and grey clothing. A lamp lights the dark background, with a tiered structure and a river or pool visible beyond the steps. Devotees appear to be in quiet prayer or worship together. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues.2010-12-02