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Misty morning view of the Ganges riverbank at Varanasi with a small red rowing boat in the foreground, a boatman in dark clothing rowing with oars on calm grey water. Several moored wooden boats line the shore, and on the ghat steps and sandy bank a crowd of people gathers near the stone stairs with buildings and trees behind. A single street lamp stands on the right.

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Hazy morning view of the Ganges river at Varanasi with a long white-and-wood boat in the foreground and ghats stepped down to the water on the left, with a white domed tower and temple spires along the shore. A crowded wooden boat sits mid-river carrying roughly a dozen passengers standing and seated, and another boat with several people is at the right edge. Small figures are visible on the ghat steps and a few distant boats. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2015-10-02Misty morning view of the Ganga riverfront at Varanasi, with a row of wooden boats moored along the water's edge. Orange and red flags fly from some boats, and a boatman rows a small boat on the left. Crowds of people in mixed clothing gather on the stone ghat steps and along the bank, with white-walled buildings and trees rising behind them in the haze.2013-02-13October 02 20152015-10-02Hazy wide view of a river. In the left foreground, a wooden boat with a tall pole and red flag carries several seated people. Two small rowing boats appear mid-river, one with two rowers on the right. Small floating lights or flower offerings dot the water. A thin cable runs across the lower right. No clearly visible a person in person.2015-10-11A hazy morning view of a riverside ghat in Varanasi, with many small wooden and painted boats moored along the water's edge. Several people bathe and wade in the shallows and on the stone steps, and others stand or sit on the upper stairs. White canopies and cloth-covered stalls line the steps, and an ornate temple with a tiered spire and carved stone balconies rises on the right beside a red flag. No identifiable ritual figure is visible.2006-01-06Wide photograph of the Varanasi riverfront ghats on the Ganges at a hazy morning or afternoon. Dozens of wooden and painted rowboats are moored along the water, and a red-and-white boat sits near the middle. On the stone steps, many people sit and stand under colourful open umbrellas in yellow, pink, green and orange, some seated near the water with bundles and cloth. A few saffron flags fly on tall poles, and a worn pink building and tall lamp post stand at left. A tall, thin figure in a green vest walks along the railing in the foreground. No identifiable a person appearance is visible.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02A wooden boat with a dark hull drifts on the Ganges river at Varanasi, with ghats and old multi-storey buildings rising behind a stone embankment. Seven people sit in the boat: a person in white at the bow, two women and a man in saffron-orange robes near the middle, a man in grey and a man in red at the rear. A metal container sits in the boat's centre. Steps and bathers are visible on the ghat, and a purple kite-like shape is in the upper left sky.Wide 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.2013-02-13A hazy dawn or dusk view over the Ganges river at Varanasi, with stone steps of a ghat descending into the water on the left. A young man in a yellow t-shirt sits on the lower steps, and another figure stands higher up on the steps. Several small wooden boats with rowers drift on the calm river, and the city's buildings and street lights line the far bank under a pale grey sky.2014-05-22October 02 20152015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02