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A photograph taken from a boat on a river looking toward a riverside ghat in Varanasi. Wide steps lead down from a row of pale buildings and a pink-coloured structure on the left to the sandy bank. A dome-shaped building and tall trees stand behind, and many cattle rest on the sandy shore near scattered small boats. A few distant figures are visible on the steps and bank, but no clear individuals stand out. The water in the foreground is dark and rippled under a pale blue sky.

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January 06 20062006-01-06A river view of a ghat in Varanasi, photographed from the water. Wide stone steps lead up from the sandy bank to a row of multistorey buildings in white, cream and pale yellow, with flat roofs and balconies. Green trees line the upper bank. A few small figures stand near the water's edge and scattered cloth or laundry lies on the sand. The river surface is dark with small ripples under a pale blue sky. No a person is visible in this image.2006-01-06Photograph taken from the river of a riverside town on a clear, pale blue sky day. White and cream multi-storey buildings line a sandy embankment with small domed shrine tops, trees and a few brick structures. Several wooden boats are moored along the sandy bank, and a floating rope or pole crosses the dark rippling water in the foreground. No people are visible.2006-01-06Photograph taken from the river of a sandy riverbank with stone ghat steps leading up to a row of buildings along the Ganges in Varanasi. Several dark water buffalo rest on the sand near the steps, and a few small figures walk along the shore. Trees line the bank behind the pale and yellow buildings under a hazy blue sky, with dark river water in the foreground. No identifiable person is clearly visible.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Hazy morning view of a river waterfront from the water, with a long line of stone ghats and steps climbing from the riverbank to multistorey buildings in faded yellow, white and pale blue. A tall red spire rises among the houses near the centre. Several small groups of people are gathered on the lower steps and near the water's edge, some bathing and some sitting, with a few boats moored along the shore and pink cloth laid on the steps at right. Dense leafy trees stand behind the buildings. No identifiable a person appears in the scene.2006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photograph of the Varanasi riverfront on the Ganges under a pale hazy blue sky. Stone ghats with white and cream steps descend to the calm dark water, where a few people bathe and sit near the edge. Multi-storey buildings, trees and a small red-topped shrine line the bank, and several moored boats sit along the shore on the left. A few small figures are scattered on the steps, none clearly identifiable as a person.2006-01-06Daytime view of the Varanasi riverfront across the Ganga, seen from the water under a pale blue sky with thin streaks of cloud. Tiered stone ghats descend to the river beside long low buildings, colonnades and tall cream and beige multi-storey structures, with older multi-storey houses climbing the bank to the right. A few small figures stand on the sandy shore at the foot of the ghats.2006-01-06Wide view of the Manikarnika Ghat riverfront on the Ganga in Varanasi under a pale hazy sky. Stone steps and a broad white-washed embankment descend to the water, with a few small figures sitting or standing on the lower steps and near the water's edge. Several small wooden boats are tied along the bank, and a larger boat sits at the right edge. Behind the ghat, multi-storey buildings, green trees and street lamps line the hillside, with a small orange shrine structure visible on the right. No ritual activity or identifiable ceremony is clearly visible; the scene is a landscape of the ghat and river.2014-05-14January 06 20062006-01-06