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A red motorised boat with a blue canopy carries roughly a dozen seated passengers across a wide, greyish-green river. A pilot sits at the stern near the outboard motor. On the far bank, stone ghat steps lead up to buildings, with a green-roofed structure and a small white kiosk visible. The scene is a daytime river crossing with no ritual activity shown.

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A covered wooden boat with a tarpaulin roof carries a group of about fifteen people across a wide river in hazy light. Several passengers wear white clothes, and some wear saffron or orange garments, while a boatman in white stands at the stern with an oar. Wooded hills and a town of white and cream buildings line the far bank. The boat has red and green striped sides with Hindi lettering painted on its hull.2006-01-05January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06A photograph of a green wooden boat carrying many passengers across a river. Passengers sit on benches and along the railing, including people in orange and white clothing, women in headscarves and shawls, and a man in a light blue shirt at the bow. Behind them stretch riverside steps, ghats, white and cream buildings and a wall along the water under a pale hazy sky.2006-01-06A wide river scene with a long yellow motorboat carrying a small group of people under a grey canopy, moving across brownish water toward the right. Behind is a steep forested hill, with temple buildings and a white tower visible on the left bank beside a ghat. The sky is pale and hazy with scattered clouds. The people are seated under the canopy and appear to be passengers, with no ritual activity visible.2014-03-18January 06 20062006-01-06A photograph of a green wooden boat crowded with passengers on a wide river at Varanasi. Many people sit closely on the benches, many women wearing headscarves and saris in orange, pink, blue and green, and some men in white. A boatman in a light blue shirt sits at the stern. Behind the water rise old buildings, a long yellow-ochre riverside wall and stone steps leading down to the ghats under a pale blue sky.2006-01-06A photograph of a green-painted wooden boat on a river, crowded with a group of seated passengers in colourful clothing, including red, blue and white garments. The boat sits in the foreground on brownish water. Behind it, stone ghats climb a bank lined with pale buildings, leafy trees and scattered figures walking or standing on the steps under a clear blue sky. The scene appears to be a riverside pilgrimage site, with several people bathing in the water at the left and right edges.2006-01-06A photograph of a wooden boat with a thatched or canvas canopy carrying a group of about fifteen people, mostly women in colourful saris and salwar kameez in yellow, pink, green, blue and orange, sitting close together under the shade. The boat moves across a wide, muddy-brown river. Beyond a pale sandbank, a line of trees and a few low buildings sit along the far bank under a hazy sky.