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Night photograph of a riverside ghat crowded with devotees on stone steps beside dark water. Metal railings run along the water's edge in the foreground, and people in white, saffron and red clothing stand and sit on the steps and in the shallows. A banner hangs from a building in the background, and loudspeakers are mounted on a pole at left. Many people are visible, though the crowd is partly cut off by the railing and distance.

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A night photograph of a crowded riverside ghat at a temple in India, with a large throng of people in white, red and green clothes gathered on steps above a metal railing and dark water in the foreground. A banner hangs from a stone building in the background, and bright lights and speakers stand to the right. Some people wade or stand at the water's edge behind the railings. No individual can be identified as a person with sufficient cues.2015-09-16Night photograph of a riverside ghat at a temple, with people bathing waist-deep in dark water behind a metal railing. Many devotees stand along the steps under bright floodlights, and some wear white or red clothing. A black signboard with Devanagari text stands on the railing, and a long yellow banner with Marathi text runs along the building above. A few people in the water are bare-chested and wear blue or dark shorts; others wear saris. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2015-09-16Night photograph of a crowded riverside ghat at Triyambakeshwar-style bathing area, with devotees wading waist-deep in dark water behind a metal railing. Many bare-chested men and women in wet clothes stand in the water, some in saris and dhotis, while a large crowd of people gathers on the stone steps and lit platform beside them. Bright floodlights illuminate a corrugated awning and a yellow Devanagari banner strung along the front. A black sign with white Devanagari text hangs on the railing in the foreground. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.2015-09-16Night photograph of a flooded ghat or temple pool area at a bathing site, with metal railings partly submerged in dark water. Four men stand waist-deep in the water in front of the railings: the nearest wears a blue shorts-style garment, another wears a striped cloth, and the others are bare-chested, one with white hair. A crowd of people gathers on the stone steps and walkway above under bright floodlights, with a tree, red-and-white decorations and shrine structures visible on the left. A yellow banner runs along the upper right, and a black sign with white Hindi text stands on the railing.2015-09-16Night photo of a temple tank at Trimbakeshwar with floodlights on the stone colonnade. Several devotees stand waist-deep in greenish water inside metal railings, some with hands joined in prayer and one with wet orange clothing. A crowd watches from the steps and terrace above, under trees and a tall temple spire topped with an orange flag. A long yellow banner in Hindi lines the top of the colonnade. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the bathers or onlookers.2015-09-16A night photograph of a water tank or ghat at a Hindu pilgrimage site, its steps and railings submerged in green water under bright floodlights. Several bare-chested men in dark or striped underwear wade in the water, one shaved-headed man in the centre-right holding a wet cloth, while a large crowd of pilgrims stands along the illuminated bank beneath trees and temple structures. A sign on the railing carries Hindi script, and a shop awning in the background bears a yellow banner. Count is limited to visibly distinct people in the water and along the immediate bank.2015-09-16Night photograph of the Kushavarta tank at Trimbakeshwar temple, with bright floodlights illuminating the water and a covered stone colonnade along the left edge. Several devotees bathe in the waist-deep water: a bare-chested man in orange-red cloth at centre-right, a woman in a pink sari beside him, and others partly submerged in the foreground. Behind the railings, a crowd in colourful saris and white clothing gathers under the colonnade and along the far bank. A saffron flag flies from the temple spire against the dark sky, and a long Marathi banner hangs across the top. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2015-09-16Night view of a crowd gathered on red-and-white tiered stone steps beside a temple tank at the Jayanti Brahmotsavam 2009. Many people in white and light clothing stand along the steps, and a group wades into the dark water near the bottom, some in white garments. Strings of coloured lights decorate a structure at the right, and a bright floodlight glows above the trees. Bright reflections of lights shimmer on the water. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance in this blurred scene.2009-01-02June 06 20052005-06-06 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16Night photograph of a dense crowd of pilgrims bathing in the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela, with many people waist-deep in the river and along the stone ghat steps. Many men are bare-chested wearing orange or saffron dhotis and some hold orange cloths. Bamboo poles and a wooden boat stand at the left edge, a man in a white cap and orange life vest stands on the boat, and a saffron flag flies at right. Glowing lamps and orange-lit sky frame the scene, with marigold garlands floating on the water. A man in a black leather jacket and white trousers stands at the right near the steps. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2013-02-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat with a large crowd densely packed on the stone steps and along the embankment. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas stand near the water's edge and on the steps, some holding lit oil lamps and a tall brass aarti lamp with flames. Bright fire-lit offerings glow on a platform in the foreground right, where figures in white sit in worship. Hundreds of devotees in colourful saris, salwar kameez and shawls fill the stairs, while people along the bottom of the frame watch from the water's edge with pink, blue and orange head coverings. Reflections of lamplight shimmer on the river, and shop signs and a small temple structure line the buildings behind.2008-07-10