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Photograph of a group descending stone steps before a pink-and-cream sandstone ghat building with an arched doorway and a yellow sign reading Mahanirvani Ghat. In the foreground, two men in white dhotis with saffron-and-white shawls walk barefoot down the steps; the man at centre wears a bead necklace and has a tilak on his forehead. Behind them, several people in white, saffron and maroon robes stand in the doorway and on the steps, and one figure in orange raises an arm. The a person field is unsure because the appearance of the central figure is not clearly distinctive enough to establish identity.

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Devotees descend a broad sandstone staircase at Mahanirvani Ghat in Varanasi beneath a building with the sign "Mahanirvani Ghat". A man in the centre wears a white dhoti with a red-and-white shawl, rudraksha-style beads and a lanyard, and holds his hands together in respect. To his right a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red shawl also has her palms joined. To the left a woman with a red bindi and red shawl walks down the steps in white clothes. Behind them more people in white and saffron-coloured robes climb toward the temple entrance, where an arched doorway is decorated with red and white.2015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03Exterior of a stone temple building with a yellow signboard reading Mahanirvani Akhara above a carved balcony, and a pink-framed doorway with an arched entrance. Several people in saffron and orange robes stand and climb a broad white-and-red stone staircase at the entrance; a woman in a maroon-and-gold sari with an orange shawl stands at the left, a man in orange wrap stands near the steps, and another figure in orange climbs the stairs. A cloth hangs over a ledge at right.2014-01-30October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03January 30 20142014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03January 30 20142014-01-30Photograph of a group ascending stone steps toward a temple entrance at the Mahanirvani Ghat in Varanasi, beneath a sign reading Mahanirvani Ghat. The sandstone building has an arched doorway with a small kalasha-like finial. Several men in white dhotis and orange-red shawls climb the steps, one bald man in the foreground wears a red-orange shawl over bare shoulders. A woman in a white sari with a red-orange shawl and a shoulder bag walks at the right edge. A cameraman on a tripod films at the left, and a yellow signboard with Hindi script hangs above the entrance. The scene is about 20 to 25 people in total, including the visible helpers on the steps.2015-10-03