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Elevated view of a riverside ghat beside calm dark water. Several orange canvas awnings are stretched on orange ropes above stone platforms, with a blue container and blue portable toilet on the concrete. A few small figures stand and move near the stalls, and a person bathes or stands at the water's edge at left. Brightly coloured cloth hangs over railings at right, and stone steps lead down at the lower left.

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Elevated view over a river at a temple ghat in Omkareshwar. Stone steps descend from a white building on the right toward a paved riverside platform sheltered by orange and yellow awnings and a blue tarpaulin-covered structure. Red sandstone rock ledges line the far bank, with a red suspension bridge, houses and moored boats along the shore. No people are clearly visible on the platform or steps.2016-06-03Elevated view of a crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi beside the Ganges. Many people in mixed everyday clothing, some in orange and saffron tones, walk, sit and stand on stone steps and platforms under white, yellow and orange umbrellas and dark tarpaulin shelters. Wooden boats are moored along the water on the left, and red-painted buildings line the bank. Clotheslines hang over the steps, and a few people sit on wooden benches with shoes placed at the edge. No individual can be identified as a person from this view.2015-10-02June 02 20162016-06-02Elevated view of a crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi along the Ganga, with many people walking and sitting on stone steps under beige and white parasols. Rows of wooden boats are moored at the water's edge, and small vendor stalls with colourful cloth and goods line the platform. Saffron and orange flags fly from poles on a red building at right. Hazy sky and distant riverbank stretch behind.2015-10-02Aerial view of a riverside ghat at a temple town, with stone steps descending to calm water. Many small wooden boats with green and teal canopies are moored along the banks, and one brightly painted boat with a pink canopy floats in the foreground. Vendors' stalls with colourful tarpaulins in green, yellow and orange line the steps and hillside. Several people walk or stand on the steps, and a white-domed shrine sits on the hill at upper left beside multi-storey buildings in peach and yellow. The scene resembles a sacred river bathing place.2016-06-03A busy riverside ghat along the Ganga in Varanasi on a hazy morning. Rows of wooden and painted boats line the water at left. Crowds of people walk and sit on stone steps beneath many open umbrellas in pink, orange, yellow and green. A man in a blue shirt sits on a stone platform, and a figure in orange robes stands near laid-out saffron and patterned cloths drying on the ledge. Temple spires with red and white shikhara towers rise behind the tiered buildings on the right, and a vendor stall stands at the centre.2015-10-02February 10 20132013-02-10October 02 20152015-10-02February 10 20132013-02-10A crowded riverside ghat in Varanasi on the Ganges under hazy morning light. Many people stand and sit along stone steps among moored wooden boats and a few small passenger boats. Vendors' umbrellas in pink, blue, yellow and green shade a market area on the right. Orange and white cloth lies drying on the steps in the foreground, and a man with bare chest and a white cloth wrap stands near the centre. Temple spires in red and cream rise on the right bank.2015-10-02Photo of a busy riverside ghat on the Ganges in Varanasi under hazy sky. Many moored wooden and red-painted boats line the steps, and a rowboat with passengers in orange clothing drifts on the water. Crowds of people stand, sit and walk on the stone steps beneath colourful umbrellas and tarpaulin shelters, with stalls selling cloth. Several figures in saffron and orange garments are visible among bathers and devotees, and the far bank shows old buildings.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02