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A night photograph of a blue street signboard on a busy Varanasi street, listing directions in Hindi and English: Maidagin, Kal Bhairav Temple, Rathyatra, Rajghat, Vishwanath Temple and Dashashvmedh Ghat with distances in kilometres. Below, the sign is labelled Prantiya Khand, Lok Nirman Vibhag, Varanasi. Shop fronts, hoardings, a street lamp and a few pedestrians fill the lower frame, with a Titan shop and Bombay Shoe Mart visible. No a person candidate is visible.

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May 08 20152015-05-08A street junction in Varanasi, India, at dusk. A large blue road sign with white and yellow lettering in Hindi and English points to Vishwanath Temple, Dashashwamedh Ghat, B.H.U., Assi Ghat, Rathyatra and Maduadiha (D.L.W.) with distances in kilometres. Shops, billboards and buildings line the street, including a billboard with a saffron-robed figure in the upper centre. Pedestrians in white and light clothing, cyclists, rickshaws and motorcycles move through the intersection. A man in a khaki uniform stands in the lower left foreground.2015-05-08May 09 20152015-05-09 +1 copiesMay 08 20152015-05-08Night photograph of the entry gate to Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, labelled Singh Dwar. Three tall shikhara-style spires rise above a sandstone facade with a red-and-yellow signboard reading the temple name and entry gate. A blue poster on the left shows a seated Shiva deity murti with trident and a shiva lingam design. Several people in white and saffron-orange clothing walk and gather at the gate, including a man in an orange shirt pointing toward the entrance. Overhead cables and shop signs crowd the narrow street.2015-05-08A street photograph in a crowded old city lane shows a green directional signboard with white lettering and arrows pointing left, reading Kashi Viswanath Temple and Gyanwapi Masque, with Hindi equivalents above and below. Behind it, faded commercial posters hang on a weathered wall, including a Maa Kalyani Tour and Travel advertisement with a blue Shiva-like figure, tangled overhead wires, and a closed roll-down shutter.2015-05-08A night photograph of a blue road direction sign mounted on a white pole, with a small white flag fluttering beside it and red flowering tree foliage at left. The sign lists destinations in Hindi and Marathi-style Devanagari with white arrows, and a Municipal Corporation Ujjain (UMC) crest sits on the left. No people are visible.2016-05-15May 08 20152015-05-08A nighttime city street in Varanasi lit by a bright streetlamp, with shuttered shopfronts on the left and multi-storey buildings on the right. A small group of people in white and light clothing walks along the road, some in white dhotis and sarees, while a few others stand or walk on the pavement. Loaded handcarts and stacked cardboard cartons sit along the right side, and signboards in Hindi and English line the buildings, including a Banaras hotel sign.2015-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08 +1 copiesMay 08 20152015-05-08