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Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat. A dense crowd of many hundreds of devotees fills the stone steps and waterfront in the foreground, with many women in pink, blue and yellow saris and shawls and some men in white kurtas. Along the ghat, several priests in white dhotis and kurtas hold lit oil lamps and aarti flames toward the river. Temple shrines with red-and-white spires and a white domed pavilion stand behind them under a dusky blue sky. Warm lamp light reflects on the water. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd scene.

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Evening Ganga Aarti on the bank of a river at a ghat in Haridwar, with dense crowds of devotees seated and standing along the steps and water's edge. Priests in white clothing stand on the ghat holding lit oil lamps and aarti flames. Temple shrines with red and white domed spires line the riverside, with a small white domed pavilion at center and lit lamps on the steps. Many women wear pink, magenta, orange and green saris and shawls, and men wear white kurtas. Hoardings and shop signs with Hindi text line the buildings behind.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat in Haridwar, with a dense crowd of devotees seated and standing along the bank and steps. In the foreground, many people in saffron, pink, yellow and white headscarves and shawls sit facing the flowing river. On the ghat, priests in white dhotis and kurtas hold lit oil lamps and a tall illuminated lamp stand during the aarti. Red and white temple structures, a domed shrine, buildings with signboards and flags line the banks, and the water reflects warm lights.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti on the bank of a river at dusk, with a large crowd of devotees seated on the ghats and along the steps. Several priests in white dhotis and kurtas stand near the water holding lit oil lamps, and a few small lamps glow on the ghat edge. Men in shirts and women in pink, purple and orange headscarves and saris fill the foreground, with more people crowded on the stone steps behind. Temple shrines with red and white spires, lit by lamps, rise on the left and right, and multi-storey buildings with signboards line the hillside above. The water reflects the warm lights.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at the riverside ghats of Haridwar, with a large crowd of devotees packed along the stone steps and the water's edge. Many in the foreground sit facing the river, some wearing headscarves in pink, purple, orange and blue. On the far bank, priests in white dhotis and kurtas hold lit oil lamps and torches during the aarti. Red and white temple shrines with small domes and spires stand at left, lit by lamps, with shops and buildings behind. Dusk light reflects off the flowing water.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat with a large crowd of devotees seated on the steps and standing along the embankment. Many people in the foreground face the water, with women in pink, orange, yellow and teal shawls and headscarves and men in white or light shirts. On the far steps, priests in white dhotis and kurtas perform the aarti before a lit ritual lamp, with flames glowing near the water's edge. Red and white temple shrines, a domed white pavilion and illuminated shop fronts line the bank under a dusky sky. No individual can be clearly identified as the swami from appearance.2008-07-10Evening Ganga aarti at a riverside ghat, with a dense crowd of devotees seated and standing along stone steps above dark flowing water. Several men in white ritual clothes hold lit oil lamps and flames near a small shrine platform at the centre, while the crowd includes many women in pink, blue, green and orange saris and turbans. Street lamps, shop fronts and a red-and-white temple spire line the background. Floating lights reflect on the river. No individual can be clearly distinguished as a candidate from appearance, so the scene reads as a general Ganga aarti.2008-07-10Dusk view of a crowded riverside ghat in Haridwar, with a large crowd of devotees filling the stone steps above a flowing river. A white-domed shrine with red trim stands at left, and a red-and-white temple structure appears at the far left. Several people in white dhotis and robes stand near the water's edge, where small oil lamps and a lit lantern glow. Shop facades, street lamps and billboards line the hillside behind the ghat under a blue evening sky. A few people stand in the water in the foreground.July 10 20082008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10Evening crowd gathered along the riverbank steps of a ghat at dusk, many people seated in rows facing the water, with the river reflecting orange lights. Many wear white, pastel and yellow saris and shawls, with some in orange and red. Lit oil lamps and floodlights illuminate temple spires and shrines lining the bank, and a tall lamp post stands above. A large crowd of over a hundred people is visible. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2006-06-04July 10 20082008-07-10Dusk ganga aarti at a riverside ghat in Haridwar, with a large crowd gathered on the steps and along the water's edge. In the foreground, many people in saffron, pink, purple and blue headscarves and shawls sit with their backs to the camera facing the river. On the steps, white-clad priests stand around a lit aarti lamp arrangement, and small lit diyas float on the dark water. Behind them rise a white domed shrine with red trim, a red-and-white temple shikhara at right, and illuminated shops and hillside buildings. The sky is dusky blue.2008-07-10