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Photograph of several wooden boats on the Ganges at Varanasi in warm evening light. Two larger white and blue passenger boats with green and orange hulls carry many people in orange and white clothing and red or orange headwear; some passengers wave. A smaller orange-hulled boat in the foreground has two men seated at the stern, one in a white shirt and one in a red cap, with water bottles beside them. Behind the river, stepped ghats and old multi-storey buildings with red and pink facades rise above the water.

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Several wooden river boats with white painted trim and orange hulls crowd the Ganges at a ghat in Varanasi, carrying a large group of devotees. Most passengers wear white clothing with orange or red shawls and white caps, seated along the benches and railings. In the foreground, a man with short dark hair in a white shirt stands at the bow of a boat, facing the others and gripping the railing. Steps lead up from the water to stone ghat buildings and a temple-style structure in the background.2014-05-14May 14 20142014-05-14April 29 20142014-04-29Photograph taken from a boat on the Ganges river at Varanasi, looking toward the ghats lined with old multi-storey buildings, temple spires and shikhara domes. Several boats are moored along the waterfront and small groups of people sit in the foreground boats. In the lower right, a man with a shaved head wears a white kurta and sits beside a woman in a red-and-maroon sari, while another man in white with an orange shawl sits at the edge; a man in white with a rudraksha mala-style red cord sits in the lower left foreground. Hazy sky above and muddy brown water below.May 14 20142014-05-14A red wooden boat with a tall pole and red flag carries a group of about twenty-five people across a calm, misty river at dawn or dusk. Several passengers sit on the red-trimmed benches, many holding cameras or phones and photographing the water. Two men stand at the bow and stern, one in a blue shirt on the right near the stern, and a man in a plaid shirt at the front holds a long pole. Another small boat with passengers is visible in the distance. The water is smooth, reflecting the pale sky, and a faint treeline lies on the far bank.2015-10-11Photo 11695915October 02 20152015-10-02February 13 20132013-02-13A wooden boat with a dark hull drifts on the Ganges river at Varanasi, with ghats and old multi-storey buildings rising behind a stone embankment. Seven people sit in the boat: a person in white at the bow, two women and a man in saffron-orange robes near the middle, a man in grey and a man in red at the rear. A metal container sits in the boat's centre. Steps and bathers are visible on the ghat, and a purple kite-like shape is in the upper left sky.May 14 20142014-05-14Photo 11695908