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Photo of the Varanasi riverfront at Ganga Ghat in late light, with a river in the foreground. Several small boats sit on the water, including a wooden rowboat with a few seated passengers near the centre and a white boat with red lettering. Stone steps lead up from the water to a row of multi-storey buildings with white and pale-yellow facades, balconies and laundry hanging from railings, and a large green tree on the left. A few distant figures stand on the ghat steps. No identifiable person is clearly a person in appearance.

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October 02 20152015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Wide 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.2014-05-14A riverside view of Varanasi's ghats on the Ganges under a pale hazy sky. Multi-storey sandstone and whitewashed buildings with balconies line the steps, with small red and white shrine spires and a tall temple tower on the right. Several wooden boats and a passenger launch are moored at the water's edge, and yellow flags and umbrellas dot the stairs. A few small figures are visible on the steps and boats, and the water reflects the sunlit facades. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this scene.2006-01-06A photograph of a riverside ghat in Varanasi viewed from the water. Stone steps lead up from the Ganga past multi-storey buildings and a yellow temple with a red shikhara spire, next to a large leafy tree. Many people are scattered across the steps and waterfront, some bathing and walking, with coloured cloths drying and hanging. Several wooden boats are moored along the bank, including one painted with the name Amar Ujala and another with a red and yellow hull. The sky is pale blue. No identifiable a person is visible; the scene shows ordinary riverside activity.2006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02A photograph of the Varanasi riverfront taken from the Ganges, showing a row of white and yellow multistorey buildings rising above stone ghats. Wide stone steps lead down to the water, where several small wooden boats are moored and a cluster of small figures gathers on the steps. A red-topped temple spire stands on the right beside a leafless tree, and laundry hangs over a low wall on the left under a pale blue sky.2006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02Photograph of boats moored along a Varanasi ghat on the Ganges river under a hazy pale sky. In the foreground a white boat with red lettering and a red covered passenger boat with signage reading Amar Ujala sit at the water's edge, with other wooden boats lined up along the steps. Old stone and plastered buildings with balconies and a tall street lamp rise behind the steps, and crowds gather at the bank on the left. No people are clearly visible in the foreground.2015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06