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Night view of a crowded riverside ghat during the Ganga Aarti ceremony. Several officiating priests in white dhotis stand on raised platforms with oil lamps and brass vessels, surrounded by a dense, mostly unseen crowd of devotees filling the terraced steps. Illuminated decorative umbrellas with lights line the ghat, and multistorey buildings with advertising banners rise behind. Only a sparse group of figures is clearly visible, and no one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

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April 02 20142014-04-02Night view of a Ganga Aarti ceremony on the ghats of a river, with a crowd of many hundreds seated on the steps and in boats in the foreground. Four or five priests in pink or magenta clothing stand on a raised platform, holding and swinging ritual lamps, lit by stage lights. Illuminated umbrella-shaped lamps in green, orange and purple hang above the platform. Riverside buildings behind carry advertising signs for airtel and a replica art gallery. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the priests or crowd.2014-04-02Night Ganga Aarti on a riverside ghat, with several priests in white standing on a raised platform holding large flaming oil lamps aloft toward the dark river. Crowds of spectators sit on tiered steps in the background. Colourful illuminated umbrellas and string lights line the ghat, and a boat is moored in the foreground. Buildings and street lamps glow along the bank. No identifiable a person candidate is visible among the priests.2014-04-02April 02 20142014-04-02April 02 20142014-04-02Night photograph of the Ganga Aarti on the riverfront ghats of Varanasi. Several priests in pale lilac or white robes stand on a raised platform holding lit fire lamps and performing the aarti ritual. A large crowd of devotees fills the steps and balconies above, with a long white boat moored in the foreground on dark river water reflecting lights. Green, orange and purple illuminated domed canopies and strings of lights decorate the ghat, and multi-storey buildings line the bank. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2014-04-02A night scene of a riverside ghat in Varanasi during a Ganga aarti, with many oil lamps and flames burning on brass lamp stands at the water's edge. Dense crowds of devotees sit on the stone steps above the river, and boats crowd the dark water in the foreground. Strings of coloured lights shaped like umbrellas and ornate arches line the ghat buildings. A lit sign reads a Hindi name above the steps, and an Airtel advertising banner hangs on the right building. Priests perform the aarti with flames held over the lamps.2014-04-02April 02 20142014-04-02May 14 20142014-05-14Night view of Ganga Aarti on the Ganges riverfront in Varanasi. Several ceremonial lamps with bright flames stand on raised platforms along the steps, with dense crowds of devotees gathered on the ghats and boats crowded along the water in front. Illuminated arches and colourful domed canopies decorate the stepped embankment, and buildings with lit windows rise behind. No individual figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2014-04-02April 02 20142014-04-02Night photograph of a Ganga Aarathi ceremony on the riverside ghats, with a large crowd seated on steps in the foreground. Several priests in saffron and orange dhotis stand along a raised platform, holding lamps as smoke rises around them. Strings of coloured lights, lanterns and tall buildings frame the scene, and the crowd of devotees fills the ghats and steps. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2014-04-02