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A photograph of a group walking along a stone riverside promenade beside a wide, hazy river. A sign on a low wall reads Mishra Guest House. Several women in saffron and orange saris and dark red robes walk toward the foreground, one in a blue skirt and a woman in a white sari with gold border follows. A girl in an orange outfit holds hands with an adult in orange. Men in white kurtas and orange shawls walk along, and others sit or stand on the steps near moored wooden boats. A small rowing boat with two people crosses the water. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

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Photograph of a group walking down a stone ghat steps beside a wide, pale river in Varanasi, with a small boat carrying passengers on the water and a red and white cloth canopy at left. A man in white kurta and trousers walks at front, followed by several people in rust-orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas and garlands, and women in white and cream saris. A bald-headed man in orange-maroon robes is prominent in the foreground. A few children and onlookers stand on the steps, and a concrete pillar with a yellow sticker is at right.2014-05-21May 22 20142014-05-22Dusk on a wide river with a hazy grey sky and a city skyline lit with scattered lights along the far bank. Along a stone-paved ghat in the foreground, a group of about ten people in saffron and maroon robes walk toward the water carrying bags, some with orange cloth bundles. A man in white walks among them. Two small boats with passengers drift on the river, and a lone figure stands near steps on the left.2014-05-22A riverside ghat in Varanasi with a broad grey river on the left, moored wooden boats and a stone-paved embankment. Several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas walk along the steps, one carrying a shoulder bag. A man in white kurta pauses near a wooden bench, and women in red and blue saris walk among the group. Pedestrians and a bicycle line the right-hand promenade under a hazy sky.2014-05-21Photograph of a group walking along a stone riverside ghat on a hazy morning, with a large beige parasol and wooden poles on the steps and boats moored along the water's edge. Several women in deep orange-red saris with rudraksha mala necklaces walk in the foreground, one with a shaved head and orange forehead mark, and a man in white kurta with a white mala stands beside them. Others in white and blue garments walk behind, while onlookers in shirts and a plaid shirt watch from the left. A few bathers are visible in the river.2014-05-22A photograph taken from a stone stairway above the Ganges riverfront in Varanasi, looking down toward the water. In the foreground, two men stand with their backs to the camera: the figure on the left is bare-chested with a shaved head and rudraksha beads and gold-toned bangles, and the figure on the right wears an orange-saffron shawl over the shoulder with long, wavy dark hair and rudraksha malas. Beside them is a tall wooden pole on a red-and-cream striped stone base. Below, boats lie along the misty river, people walk and bathe on the ghat steps, and a cameraman in a red top films the scene at right. The image is from a Nithyanandapedia archive page dated February 13, 2013.2013-02-13Photograph of a riverside ghat along the Ganga in Varanasi with stone steps and wooden boats moored at the bank. A white seagull with spread wings flies over the steps. Many people are visible on the steps and promenade, many in colourful saris in pink, orange, teal and yellow, and others in everyday clothes walking along the wall. A seated figure in orange robes sits on a white platform at left.2013-02-13May 22 20142014-05-22October 11 20152015-10-11Dawn bathing on the Ganges ghats at Varanasi. Several devotees wade into the grey river water near a stone stepped embankment, some men bare-chested in dhotis, others in saris or dark clothing. An elderly woman in a teal and blue sari sits on the steps at the lower left, while a woman in a red garment and a woman with her hair in a bun appear in the foreground. Moored wooden boats with a covered canopy sit on the water to the right, and the hazy city skyline with street lamps lines the far bank.2015-10-11A 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.2014-05-22May 13 20142014-05-13