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Wide hazy photograph of a riverbank crowd at a large Kumbh-style pilgrimage site. A dense line of people in colourful saris, dhotis and orange clothing stands along the water's edge beside several wooden boats moored at the bank. Tall lamp posts, bamboo poles with small red and orange flags, and temporary stalls and signboards fill the sandy ground behind them, with a pair of tall telecom towers and tree line on the horizon. The foreground is open grey river water.

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February 05 20132013-02-05A wide river view of a large crowd gathered along a riverbank at a hazy, overcast Kumbh Mela-style bathing ghat. Many people are standing in dense rows near the water's edge, with a line of small wooden boats moored along the shoreline. Tall bamboo poles with flags and lights stand across the camp, and a white temple-like structure with a spire is visible on the left.2013-02-05February 05 20132013-02-05Dusk at a riverbank ghat on the Ganga with a crowd of many hundreds of pilgrims bathing and standing in shallow water and along the sandy shore. Men in white and yellow dhotis, women in bright saris of blue, red, green and yellow, and an orange-capped man in the foreground gather near wooden poles with small red flags. A wooden boat sits at left, and a row of lamps lines the embankment on the right under a hazy sky. No identifiable a person figure is visible among the crowd.2013-02-13A wide photograph of pilgrims bathing in a broad river at the Kumbh Mela. Dozens of people wade in the shallow water among a line of bamboo stakes and rope fencing, while others sit or stand on the sandy bank. Several women wear saris in pink, orange, green and yellow, and men wear shorts or dhotis. Clothes hang drying on a rope and bamboo frame at the right, with yellow and blue fabrics visible. Distant tents, poles and boats line the far shore under hazy sky. Watermarked archive credit is omitted.A wide photograph of a crowded riverbank at a Kumbh Mela site, with a large crowd of people in mixed clothing, many in red, orange and white, gathered along the shore of a wide, muddy grey river. Several small wooden boats are moored at the water's edge, and bamboo barriers and sandy embankments line the bank. Tall lamp posts, a telecom tower, and rows of tents and flags stretch across the hazy background under an overcast sky.2013-02-15February 13 20132013-02-13Hazy river scene at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela, with a crowd of people gathered on a sandy embankment at the left edge of the water. Many figures wade and stand in the shallow river near a line of bamboo poles strung with netting, and numerous small wooden boats are moored or drifting across the misty background. A tall lattice tower and a long pontoon bridge are faintly visible in the distance, and a single bird flies low over the foreground water.Wide hazy photograph of the Ganga river near Varanasi with a large crowd gathered on a sandbank and at the water's edge. Several wooden boats are moored or drifting, one long boat carries a row of seated passengers, and small figures wade and bathe in the shallow water on the right. Distant trees fade into morning mist. Tents or cloth canopies are visible on the sand at left. Figures are too small and distant to identify roles or clothing precisely; the scene reads as a riverside ghat gathering in Varanasi.2015-10-02Hazy photograph of a wide sandy riverbank and river at Varanasi with many small figures standing and wading in the shallow water. Several moored wooden boats with colourful cloth canopies in red, orange, pink and white sit at the bank, with people gathered on and around them. A rider on horseback is visible near the centre-right of the bank. Further figures stand on distant sandbars under a pale grey sky. No individual can be clearly identified as the a person, so the candidate is left uncertain.2015-10-02A wide photograph of boats crowded on the brown river water at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, with many people seated and standing in wooden boats, some with flags on poles. A green-and-red flag and a small blue-and-yellow flag fly above the boats, and a dark bird glides in the pale sky. Wooded hills and buildings lie along the far bank. Passengers wear saris, kurtas and shawls in red, green, white and maroon, and a few hold oars or umbrellas. The foreground is choppy river water.2006-01-08A hazy wide photograph of the Ganga river at a ghat in Varanasi, with a sandy bank and shallow water. Several wooden boats are moored along the bank, some carrying passengers, and small tents with colourful cloth canopies stand on the sand. Horses are tethered at the right edge. Many people bathe and wade in the shallows, and others stand on the sand and in the boats. A few distant figures are visible on the far sandbank. No identifiable a person figure appears; the people are bathers, boatmen and onlookers at the riverside.2015-10-02