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Low-angle view of a weathered, multi-storey brick building with a wooden-railed balcony and carved brackets. A yellow signboard on the upper facade reads Mahanirvani Akhara in Devanagari and Latin script. Below, a red-and-white banner over a pointed arched doorway carries Devanagari text. No people are clearly visible, only a small partial figure at the bottom edge.

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Exterior photograph of an old stone building with whitewashed brick-and-stone facade, carved wooden brackets and small balconies under an overcast sky. A yellow signboard above the balconies reads Mahanirvani Ghat in Devanagari and English. Beneath it, a red arched doorway bears painted Hindi text, and a small placard with the code RFL/049 hangs on the wall. A dark cloth hangs on the right side of the wall. No people are visible.2014-01-30Photograph of the weathered pink-and-cream stone facade of a building at Mahanirvani Ghat in Varanasi. A painted yellow sign above the upper balcony reads Mahanirvani Ghat in Hindi and English, with a partly faded line of Hindi script beneath. The building has barred windows, carved stone brackets and balusters on the roof and balcony, and a satellite dish and utility pole at the right edge. No people are visible.2013-02-13Photograph of a weathered sandstone ghat facade in Varanasi with a yellow sign reading Mahanirvani Ghat above an arched doorway. Five men stand on the stone steps in the entrance: on the left, a bearded figure in a pink-and-orange robe; in the centre, a bearded man in a light robe with a loose shawl; and on the right, a man in red-and-orange dress with a red turban holding a garland, plus a smaller figure in orange at the edge.2015-10-03 +1 copiesExterior of a stone temple building with a yellow signboard reading Mahanirvani Akhara above a carved balcony, and a pink-framed doorway with an arched entrance. Several people in saffron and orange robes stand and climb a broad white-and-red stone staircase at the entrance; a woman in a maroon-and-gold sari with an orange shawl stands at the left, a man in orange wrap stands near the steps, and another figure in orange climbs the stairs. A cloth hangs over a ledge at right.2014-01-30Photograph of a weathered stone and brick building front with a yellow sign reading "महानिर्वाणी" and "MAHANIRVANI" above a carved arched doorway. Three saffron-robed sadhus stand on the steps in front of the building: a bearded man in an orange-red cloth with an orange turban on the left, a bearded elder in orange robes and an orange turban in the centre, and a man with long hair wearing a saffron shawl and a garland on the right, while a fourth saffron-robed figure stands on the upper left. Two of the men are speaking, one gesturing with an open hand, in a setting of old stone walls.2014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30October 03 20152015-10-03January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30