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Photograph of the Varanasi ghats along the Ganges river at a hazy morning or late afternoon. Several wooden and painted boats are moored at the water's edge in the foreground, including a blue boat with 'Bank of India' lettering. Behind them, a crowd gathers on the stone steps under many colourful umbrellas, with multi-storey buildings and red and orange temple spires along the riverfront. No individual a person candidate is visible. The people are too small and distant to count precisely, but a crowd of many people is visible.