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Night photograph of a river waterfront. In the foreground a small dark boat with a canopy sits at the water's edge, with another boat partly visible at lower left. No people are visible, and no ritual or a person presence can be seen in the scene.

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April 30 20142014-04-30Night photograph of the Ganges riverfront ghats at Varanasi. Three wooden rowboats with blue-painted hulls and bamboo poles are tied up at the stone steps in the foreground, with a white metal box on one boat. Street lights and reflections glow across the dark river in the background. No people are visible in the scene.2015-10-11A night photograph of a riverbank ghat on a wide river in Varanasi. Several wooden boats with blue and white hulls are moored along a stone embankment in the foreground, with bamboo poles and a small red flag on one boat. Streetlights and lit steps line the far bank, reflecting on dark water. A few faint figures are visible on the distant steps and near the boats, and no identifiable a person candidate is visible.2015-10-11Dusk view of a riverside ghat city at night, with warm lamplight reflecting in dark water across the foreground. Rows of old stone buildings, a tall rounded tower and a multi-storey structure line the bank, with small lit shops and glowing streetlamps. A few distant figures stand along the steps but no individuals are distinguishable. No person appears identifiable as a person. The scene evokes the ghats of Varanasi along the Ganga.2014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30Night photograph taken from the river of a crowded riverside ghat during the Ganga Aarathi. Many people stand and sit along the stone steps and boats crowd the water in the foreground, while lamps and string lights glow on the buildings lining the bank. Golden reflections of the lights ripple across the dark water. Individual faces are too small to make out, so people are shown only as a dense crowd. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2014-04-02Night view of a riverside ghat along the Ganga at Varanasi, with many oil lamps and electric lights glowing on the stone steps and temple buildings. Dense crowds of devotees gather on the steps and in the water's edge, and several wooden boats with seated passengers float on the dark river, their reflections rippling on the surface. Tall temple spires and multistorey buildings line the bank under a night sky.2014-04-02A blurred, long-exposure night view of a riverside ghat in Varanasi. Warm street lamps and illuminated shop fronts glow along the bank, their lights reflected in dark rippling water in vertical gold streaks. Silhouetted buildings and trees line the skyline under a deep blue night sky. No people are visible in the frame.2014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30May 14 20142014-05-14April 30 20142014-04-30May 14 20142014-05-14