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Crowded wooden ferry boats on the river at Triveni Sangam, Allahabad, with passengers seated along the gunwales under a hazy morning sky. In the foreground a bare-headed man in a red sweater with a knitted brown cap and a striped blanket sits in the stern, pointing ahead. Beside him a woman wears a white head-covering and shawl, and an older woman wears a red-brown head-wrap and teal top. A boatman in a green jacket and a small boy in a grey vest steer with long bamboo poles. Several other boats carry passengers in red and white knitted caps and wraps, with small red and green pennant flags on poles. Dark blue painted hulls and bamboo poles stand against the open water.

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Photograph of a crowded wooden ferry boat on the river at the Triveni Sangam near Allahabad, with rust-coloured bamboo railings running across the frame. Many passengers sit closely packed: a woman in a red jacket and maroon skirt at left, a man in a brown hooded jacket in the foreground, a woman in an orange top, and several women wrapped in white and cream shawls, one in a turquoise outfit with a white head covering. A man in a grey jacket holds a framed picture on his lap. Other boats crowd the water behind, with a sandy bank and hazy sky in the background.2006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08January 08 20062006-01-08A photograph taken from the bow of a wooden ferry boat on the wide, choppy river at Triveni Sangam, Allahabad. Bamboo railings frame the view. A woman in a bright orange hooded jacket with a red inner hood sits at the front right, smiling, and beside her a person in an orange-saffron shawl sits near the bow. Other passengers in teal, white and purple hoods and shawls sit along the benches, and a boatman in a blue shirt works at the stern. Several other wooden boats and a distant shoreline with haze fill the background.2006-01-08Several wooden ferry boats travel across choppy brown river water under a hazy pale sky, with a white bird flying above them. Passengers sit closely packed in the boats, many women wearing white, blue and orange saris and headscarves, and a man in a checked shirt rows at the right edge while another rower works an oar at the far right. Trees and a distant shoreline appear in the mist. The boats are painted red, blue and orange. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2006-01-08January 09 20062006-01-09January 09 20062006-01-09January 08 20062006-01-08Photograph on a river. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair in an orange robe sits on a wooden boat or landing and holds an oar-like paddle over the water. Several people in the boat press their palms together in greeting. The water is dark and ripply in the late light.A photograph taken from a boat on open river water under a clear pale sky, showing several small wooden and blue-painted ferry boats with white pipe-frame canopies. In the foreground a man with a white turban and grey moustache, wearing a green jacket, grips an oar. Behind him a passenger in a bright orange shawl and red head covering holds an orange-gloved hand up toward a canopy pole. Other passengers in shawls and headscarves sit in the boats. The scene matches the Triveni Sangam ferry crossing at Allahabad described on the page, with the confluence of the rivers in view.2006-01-08