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Elevated view of a crowded river ghat at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi. Several boats are moored at the riverbank, packed with people in white and saffron-orange clothing, some wearing red-and-orange garments; one boat carries red flags. Large stacks of firewood sit on the boats and on the ghat, and a funeral pyre burns with flames at the lower right amid scattered orange and white cloth, offerings and debris. Several men in white dhotis and shawls stand and work on the steps and bank, one tending the fire. The grey river stretches behind them.

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Photo from a riverside ghat on a wide brown river: several white and red passenger boats are packed with people in white and saffron clothing, many standing and seated along their rails. In the foreground stacks of cut firewood lie on the bank beside a burning pyre, with orange cloth and flower offerings scattered on the ground, and a man in white working near the flames. Red flags fly from the boats and a yellow umbrella shades a deck. Several figures in white stand on the steps and shore. The scene suggests a cremation ghat with boats carrying devotees.2014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14Aerial view of the Manikarnika Ghat riverfront in Varanasi along the Ganges, where several crowded boats with white-clad passengers are moored at the steps beside funeral pyres burning on the sandy bank. Smoke rises from multiple pyres, with stacked firewood and wooden logs piled on the left and right. Dozens of people in white and light clothing stand and sit along the ghat, and several small wooden rowing boats drift on the grey river, one carrying red flags on poles. A cow stands near the center foreground. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.2014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14Aerial view of Manikarnika Ghat on the Ganges in Varanasi with several crowded wooden boats moored at the water's edge, their passengers dressed in white. Cremation pyres burn on the stone steps and ghat in the foreground, with smoke rising and logs stacked on the shore and in boats. A figure in red garments stands near a white-clad person on the ghat, and cattle graze along the steps. A distant sandbank and hazy sky frame the scene. No individual can be picked out as a person from this distance.2014-05-14Aerial view of the Ganges riverfront at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi, with several crowded white-and-red passenger boats moored side by side. Dozens of people, many dressed in white with red or orange cloths, fill the decks and gather under umbrellas and canopies. In the foreground, cremation pyres burn on the ghat with stacked firewood, smoke and flames, while figures in white move among them and a cow grazes nearby. Small wooden rowboats and a red flag sit on the water.2014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14