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Outdoor street scene on a busy riverside promenade under an overcast sky, with a wooded hill behind rows of buildings. In the foreground, an older man with white hair and a grey moustache wears a light blue striped shirt, while a man in a checked shirt and another in a bright orange t-shirt with an orange headband walk nearby. Blue metal railings and a red-and-white police barrier with Hindi lettering line the walkway. Billboards advertise STIMULUS, Nokia and Hotel Ganga, and a tall orange-and-white temple spire rises in the background. Several pedestrians in shirts and kurtas fill the street, and a shrine-like structure stands amid the buildings.

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July 27 20142014-07-27Evening crowd on a broad paved riverside promenade at a Hindu ghat, with many people walking in varied clothing including kurtas, shirts, trousers, saris and salwar kameez, some in white. Tall street lamps and overhead power lines run through the scene. Small shrines and temple spires stand along the riverbank, with a tiered stone staircase and hillside behind. Several billboards and signboards are mounted on buildings.2008-07-10A wide view of the Ganges river at a Haridwar ghat, with muddy brown flowing water in the foreground. Along the bank stand small orange and white temple shrines, blue umbrellas shading a stepped ghat, and a tall white pole. Behind the ghat rise multistorey buildings with hoardings and signboards, and a tall weathered stone shikhara-style temple tower stands at the right edge. Scattered people bathe in the river and walk along the steps. No a person candidate is visible.2014-07-27A photograph of a riverside ghat in Haridwar with a fast-flowing brown river in the foreground. Several people stand along a railing on a concrete bridge at left, some in white kurtas and dhotis, one wearing a white turban, others in orange and blue clothing. Below, devotees bathe at the river steps and wade near hanging chains. Across the water stand orange and white temple spires and shops, with a green hillside behind. A red banner with Hindi text hangs from the bridge, and a red sign reads STIMULUS at top.2014-07-27Wide view of a riverside ghat on a muddy brown river in Haridwar, with people bathing and standing at the water's edge. Orange and red temple structures with domed shikhara spires line the bank, along with a stone tower on the right. Colourful blue and red umbrellas shade vendor stalls and a crowd of pilgrims in mixed clothing along the steps. Billboards including one for Nokia and a large sign reading TIMULUS hang on the buildings above, with green forested hills behind.2014-07-27July 27 20142014-07-27July 27 20142014-07-27July 27 20142014-07-27Evening crowd gathered on the steps of a riverside ghat at dusk, facing the water where lit oil lamps float and burn near the bank. Many devotees sit and stand in white, grey and orange clothing; a man in the right foreground wears a red turban and a plaid shirt, and another in white kurta leans forward on the steps. Temple spires with red and white towers, shops and hotel signs line the far bank against a hillside. Thousands of people fill the scene; no individual a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.2014-07-27July 27 20142014-07-27A wide outdoor photograph of a crowded riverbank ghat in Haridwar, with a muddy, fast-flowing river in the foreground. Several men bathe in the water, one holding a metal chain that runs along the bank, and others stand waist-deep nearby. Behind them, dense crowds of bathers and onlookers fill stone steps lined with small temporary stalls and tents. Pink and white temple structures with spired shikhara towers stand along the waterfront, with multi-storey buildings, hoardings and a Nokia billboard on the hill behind. No identifiable a person figure is visible among those present.2014-07-27July 27 20142014-07-27