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A wide photograph of the Varanasi riverfront on the Ganges at golden hour. Multi-storey ochre and pink stone palaces and buildings line the stepped ghats, with a tall towered sandstone fort-palace on the left. Small groups of people sit and bathe on the stone steps, and several wooden and painted boats are moored at the water's edge, including a red-orange boat on the right. The river surface reflects the warm light. A painted sign on a ghat wall reads Munshi Ghat, and a faded sign reads Shri Ganga Silk Factory.