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Outdoor photo of a crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi at early morning, with a pink-and-cream temple spire and multi-storey buildings behind. Many people sit in dense rows on stone steps, wrapped in white, grey and orange shawls, with woollen caps and knitted hats. Saffron-robed figures and a few people in white stand among them. Tall orange and yellow flags on poles line the left side above the water, and vendors' stalls with umbrellas and goods sit along the ghat. Some individuals stand in the foreground in dark jackets, and a figure in an orange top sits near the centre. A single person in a dark jacket with an identification badge stands on the right. The face of any candidate cannot be confirmed here, so the a person candidate status remains uncertain.

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January 09 20062006-01-09Busy riverside ghat at Varanasi on the Ganges, with stone steps descending to the water. Dozens of people walk, sit and stand on the steps and promenade, many under colourful patio umbrellas and canopies in yellow, pink, green and blue. Boats are moored along the left bank and a red-and-white passenger boat sits at the water's edge. Behind the crowd rise a red spired temple shrine and older pale stone and multistorey buildings, with a hazy sky above. Several people in orange and saffron clothing are visible among the crowd, and a man in white kurta walks down the steps at right. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2015-10-02A crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi on the Ganga under hazy morning light. Many people walk, sit and stand on wide stone steps and promenades, with numerous pastel and multicoloured umbrellas shading vendors and seated figures. Traditional temple spires in red and white rise above a row of old multistorey buildings, and boats rest at the water's edge on the left. On the right, a tall pillar painted with a blue-skinned deity figure stands beside the steps. Several people wear white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02A busy riverside ghat along the Ganga in Varanasi on a hazy morning. Rows of wooden and painted boats line the water at left. Crowds of people walk and sit on stone steps beneath many open umbrellas in pink, orange, yellow and green. A man in a blue shirt sits on a stone platform, and a figure in orange robes stands near laid-out saffron and patterned cloths drying on the ledge. Temple spires with red and white shikhara towers rise behind the tiered buildings on the right, and a vendor stall stands at the centre.2015-10-02A crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi on the Ganges under hazy morning light. Many people stand and sit along stone steps among moored wooden boats and a few small passenger boats. Vendors' umbrellas in pink, blue, yellow and green shade a market area on the right. Orange and white cloth lies drying on the steps in the foreground, and a man with bare chest and a white cloth wrap stands near the centre. Temple spires in red and cream rise on the right bank.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02Elevated view of a crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi beside the Ganges. Many people in mixed everyday clothing, some in orange and saffron tones, walk, sit and stand on stone steps and platforms under white, yellow and orange umbrellas and dark tarpaulin shelters. Wooden boats are moored along the water on the left, and red-painted buildings line the bank. Clotheslines hang over the steps, and a few people sit on wooden benches with shoes placed at the edge. No individual can be identified as a person from this view.2015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02