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Outdoor photograph of a crowd of devotees on the stone steps of a riverside ghat, with a river and moored boats in the background. Many people wear white dhotis and saris with red-orange shawls and lanyard badges around their necks. A few figures in white ascend a wide flight of steps in the distance, and in the foreground a woman in a cream sari holds a small cloth-wrapped offering. A bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands at the right edge. No individual appears clearly enough to be identified as a person, so no candidate is marked.

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Outdoor photo on Varanasi ghat steps beside the Ganges, with a crowd of devotees in white and red-saffron garments seated and standing on the stone stairs. In the foreground a figure in a red turban with white flower garland and orange-marigold garland raises a golden staff toward the group. To the right, a bald man in orange robes with rudraksha malas and a red-and-saffron figure stand with hands folded, while a shaved-headed elder in a saffron robe gestures on the far right. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera films the scene, and a small white canopied shrine stands on the steps behind.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03Outdoor photo on a stone ghat beside the Ganges, with a brick structure and a row of small boats moored along the water at left. A crowd of people in white dhotis and maroon or rust-coloured shawls descends stone steps. In the foreground, a bald man in a dark red-brown robe with rudraksha beads holds a long ceremonial staff topped with a metal finial, and another man in a maroon turban adorned with white flower petals and an orange marigold garland stands with his back to the camera, holding a small metal vessel. Several people nearby have their hands joined in namaste.2015-10-03Outdoor photo on wide stone ghat steps leading down to the Ganges river in Varanasi, with several small white boats moored at the left. A large crowd of devotees in red-orange and white clothing crowds the steps. In the foreground, a man in a red-orange turban decorated with white flower garlands and orange marigold garlands faces away, holding a silver vessel and a long ceremonial fan-like implement. Nearby, a bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala holds a metal vessel and an implement, pouring water or offering toward the group. Other men wear white dhotis with red-orange shawls, and a woman in white with a shoulder bag stands at right. Red brick structure at top right.2015-10-03May 13 20142014-05-13Outdoor photograph on a stone ghat beside the Ganges in Varanasi. A crowd of devotees, mostly in white and red-orange shawls, gathers on the steps. In the center, a bald man in a red-orange dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala sits on a small red carpet, holding a white fan, while a standing man in similar orange-red robes with a yellow sash faces the group. Two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand at right with hands folded, and a cameraman films. A small white shrine canopy and a red brick building appear behind. The figure seated on the carpet is shown from behind and partly obscured, so no a person identification is made from appearance.2015-10-03Outdoor photograph of a group of devotees walking along a sandy riverbank with stone ghats and steps behind them. Most wear white kurta-style clothing with red-orange shawls or stoles and some wear garlands. A man in the front left wears a white shirt and orange-red shawl, a woman beside him wears a maroon sari with a garland, and a woman in the middle wears a white dress with a red stole. A bearded man in white with a bag stands near the centre-right, and a long-haired man in white with a rudraksha mala and red stole walks on the right. Some people are visible at a distance on the steps behind the group.2014-05-13Outdoor ghat scene at dusk beside a river, with a white canvas mat spread on the steps. Devotees in orange and red shawls and white clothes sit and stand with palms pressed together in namaste. A man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl stands centre-left near a brass bowl, with a drum and a dhoti-clad attendant nearby. At right, a woman in white and orange-red shawl holds her hands in anjali. Behind them stone steps, a white temple spire, buildings and a red flag on a pole. Thirty-plus people are visible around the mat.2014-05-13Photo on a riverside ghat steps at Varanasi with the Ganges and sandy bank behind. In the foreground a sannyasi with a red-orange turban, orange flower garland and rudraksha mala, holding a ceremonial trident-like staff, faces a group descending the steps. A smiling woman in white sari with red border and beaded necklace is central. Surrounding devotees wear saffron and orange shawls and white dhotis; one man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala films with a camera. Roughly twenty people are visible.2015-10-03March 10 20142014-03-10May 13 20142014-05-13July 16 20112011-07-16