Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Photograph taken from a boat on the Ganges at Varanasi, looking toward the crowded riverside ghats under hazy grey sky. Stone and brick buildings with laundry on balconies rise above the steps, a tall pillared shrine-spire and a lamp post stand on the right, and devotees gather on the ghat. Small red-hulled boats, including two marked airtel, sit at the bank and a lone rower paddles near the water. In the lower left corner a man in white clothes wears a red-orange shawl and looks away from the camera. Pilgrims are scattered along the waterfront steps.

More like this

Open the gallery
Photograph taken from a boat on the Ganges river at Varanasi, looking toward the ghats lined with old multi-storey buildings, temple spires and shikhara domes. Several boats are moored along the waterfront and small groups of people sit in the foreground boats. In the lower right, a man with a shaved head wears a white kurta and sits beside a woman in a red-and-maroon sari, while another man in white with an orange shawl sits at the edge; a man in white with a rudraksha mala-style red cord sits in the lower left foreground. Hazy sky above and muddy brown water below.February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesRiverside view of the Varanasi ghats from the Ganges, with boats moored along the muddy brown water. Stone steps lead up to multi-storey buildings, domed and spired shrines, and a tall clock-tower-like structure. Stacks of firewood are piled along the bank. A few small boats carry people on the left, and a couple of figures walk on the steps. A blue-green tarp and a yellow canopy shade stalls by the water. The sky is hazy and pale.February 13 20132013-02-13Photograph of the Manikarnika Ghat cremation ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi. Multiple funeral pyres burn along the stone steps and riverbank, with smoke rising. On a white-and-pink boat in the foreground, many devotees in white clothes and saffron-orange shawls sit in rows, some with red scarves, while a cameraman films from the deck. Several people in white stand on the ghat steps above, and a flagpole with an orange pennant rises from the boat area. Behind are ancient temple spires and stacked wood piles. The page labels this as a Varanasi Manikarnika Ghat pada puja and arathi event.2014-05-14A photograph taken from a boat on a wide, muddy-brown river, showing the stone ghats and riverside buildings of a historic city. Terraced stone steps lead down to the water, with multi-storey buildings, a domed tower and a white structure above. Several small boats sit near the bank and a few people stand on the steps. In the foreground, three men sit in the boat: one in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and a red tilak on his forehead, one in a yellow checked shirt with a shoulder bag, and a partially visible man with dark hair at the bottom edge.October 02 20152015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06February 13 20132013-02-13Photograph of the Varanasi riverfront taken from the Ganges, with murky brown water in the foreground. Stone ghats and steps rise to a dense row of old buildings, temple spires and domed shrines. Small wooden boats are tied along the bank and piles of firewood are stacked on the steps near smoke rising from the cremation area. A few people bathe and walk on the steps, and a couple of figures sit in the boats. No a person candidate is visible.2006-01-06Wide daytime photo of the Ganga river at Varanasi on a hazy morning. Along the crowded riverfront ghats, many people gather beneath colourful umbrellas beside historic stone temples, shrines and spires. Several small wooden rowing boats and a red-hulled boat float on the brown water, with birds in flight over the river. Small figures in two boats are seated, and the scene shows no clear closeup of any individual, so no identifiable a person appearance is visible.2013-02-13Wide view of a crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi at golden hour, with many people gathered on the stone steps under a forest of colourful open umbrellas. Several wooden boats are moored along the water's edge, some painted red and white, with passengers seated in them. Behind the steps stand old multi-storey buildings, a small red-pink temple spire on the left, and two cylindrical pink-and-white towers on the right. The calm brown river reflects the warm sky and buildings.2015-10-02