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Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat, with a large crowd of devotees filling the stone steps and the water's edge. Several white-clad priests stand on a raised platform holding flaming lamps, and a lit ornate lamp stand sits at the centre. Many people in the foreground face the river, including women in pink, blue and orange headscarves and saris. Shops, a small temple with red and white walls, and street lights line the background under dusk light.

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July 10 20082008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10Evening Ganga aarti at a riverside ghat, with a dense crowd of devotees seated and standing along stone steps above dark flowing water. Several men in white ritual clothes hold lit oil lamps and flames near a small shrine platform at the centre, while the crowd includes many women in pink, blue, green and orange saris and turbans. Street lamps, shop fronts and a red-and-white temple spire line the background. Floating lights reflect on the river. No individual can be clearly distinguished as a candidate from appearance, so the scene reads as a general Ganga aarti.2008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat, with a large crowd of devotees packed on the stone steps and along the water's edge. In the centre, a priest in white clothes stands beside a brass lamp stand holding a lit oil lamp, while another white-clad attendant stands nearby. A small illuminated deity murti or shrine sits on a raised platform near the steps. Many lamps float on the flowing river in front of the crowd, and women in colourful saris and salwar kameez with headscarves in pink, orange and green stand among men in white. Buildings with lit signs line the bank behind the gathering.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti on a riverbank ghat at Haridwar, with river water reflecting warm light. Several priests in white dhotis and kurtas stand on the steps holding large lit oil lamps (aarti) toward the river, and a lit lamp-stand sits on a raised platform. A dense crowd of devotees fills the stone steps and riverside, many women in colourful salwar kameez and saris, and some men in white, with a few wearing turbans. Shop signs and buildings line the background. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti on the bank of a river at dusk, with a large crowd of devotees seated on the ghats and along the steps. Several priests in white dhotis and kurtas stand near the water holding lit oil lamps, and a few small lamps glow on the ghat edge. Men in shirts and women in pink, purple and orange headscarves and saris fill the foreground, with more people crowded on the stone steps behind. Temple shrines with red and white spires, lit by lamps, rise on the left and right, and multi-storey buildings with signboards line the hillside above. The water reflects the warm lights.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat with a large crowd of devotees seated and standing on stone steps above dark water reflecting warm lights. In the centre, a priest in white clothing stands beside a lit brass lamp stand and a raised offering, with flames burning. To the right, another white-clad figure tends a second fire on the steps. Many people in colourful saris, shawls and white kurtas face the ritual, while figures in the foreground watch from the water's edge. Buildings with colourful signboards and a loudspeaker line the background.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at the riverside ghats of Haridwar, with a large crowd of devotees packed along the stone steps and the water's edge. Many in the foreground sit facing the river, some wearing headscarves in pink, purple, orange and blue. On the far bank, priests in white dhotis and kurtas hold lit oil lamps and torches during the aarti. Red and white temple shrines with small domes and spires stand at left, lit by lamps, with shops and buildings behind. Dusk light reflects off the flowing water.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat with a large crowd of devotees seated on the steps and standing along the embankment. Many people in the foreground face the water, with women in pink, orange, yellow and teal shawls and headscarves and men in white or light shirts. On the far steps, priests in white dhotis and kurtas perform the aarti before a lit ritual lamp, with flames glowing near the water's edge. Red and white temple shrines, a domed white pavilion and illuminated shop fronts line the bank under a dusky sky. No individual can be clearly identified as the swami from appearance.2008-07-10Evening aarti at a riverside ghat in Haridwar at dusk, with a large crowd of devotees seated on the stone steps facing the water. Many people wear saffron, pink, green and white saris, shawls and dhotis, some with heads covered. Oil lamps and torches burn along the far bank, and lit shrines and temple structures line the waterfront. Several figures stand near the far steps performing the ritual, and a small decorated palanquin or ratha is visible. Commercial hoardings and a red-walled shrine appear in the background, with a painted sign reading aarti sthal on the near steps.2006-06-04Evening Ganga Aarti on the bank of the Ganges at Haridwar, with a large dense crowd of devotees seated and standing on the steps above the water. Several white-clad priests and attendants stand on the ghat holding flaming oil lamps aloft, while a lit lamp stand and decorated platform sit at the centre. Reflections of the lamps shimmer on the dark river in the dusk, and silhouetted heads of onlookers line the foreground. The scene is a riverside aarti ceremony, with no individual identifiable as a person in the visible frame.2008-07-10