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Evening ghat scene at a riverbank with red-painted wooden platforms in the foreground and a river in front. A crowd of many people sits and stands on stone steps behind. A small shrine with a lit interior and a deity murti stands beside a red-and-white temple labelled Sri Radha Krishna Mandir and a sign reading Natural Shivling. A man in a white shirt and beige trousers stands in the centre; a man in a pink shirt stands to his right. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.

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Evening Ganga Aarti on the riverbank ghat at Haridwar, with a large crowd of hundreds of people standing and seated on stone steps above the water. Several white-clad priests in white dhotis and kurtas stand on a raised stone platform, one holding a lit flame aloft, while another holds a lamp beside an illuminated glass-cased deity shrine (murti) decorated with flowers. Devotees in colourful saris and salwar kameez watch from the steps, and a few lamps glow on the platform. Shops with red and white signage line the upper street behind the crowd. The river reflects the dusk light in the foreground.2008-07-10Outdoor riverside ghat scene at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, with stone steps leading down to flowing river water. Blue tarpaulin awnings shelter small stalls on the left. A red-roofed shrine with a deity murti sits behind the steps. A man in white dhoti and a blue-and-white shawl stands near the shrine. A woman in a pink blouse and white sari stands at a green-draped puja table on a wooden platform at the water's edge, with a brass vessel and offerings. A boy in a blue checked shirt holds a steel bowl, and a bather is visible in the river at lower right. Several men in white kurtas and dhotis stand on the steps. A loudspeaker is mounted on a pole in the foreground.2014-03-19March 19 20142014-03-19Photograph of a large crowd gathered along the banks of the Ganga at Haridwar's Hari Ki Pauri ghat in the evening. Many devotees, mostly seated or standing close to the water's edge, watch a ritual area. Red and white temple structures with domed and spired shrines line the ghat, and a sign reads Aarti Sthal. Women wear saffron, pink and multicoloured saris and shawls, men wear white and blue shirts, and a few figures in orange clothing stand in the crowd. Hillside trees and buildings rise behind the ghat, and red-and-white life jackets are visible near the water. Crowd count is well above one hundred.July 27 20142014-07-27Evening 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.2008-07-10Evening Ganga Aarti at a riverside ghat with the river in the foreground. A large crowd sits on stone steps behind. On the left a shrine with an illuminated deity murti glows. A man in white kurta and dhoti sits on a low blue platform with a red cloth, near a small red and white shrine structure and flower garlands. An older man in white clothing with a white shawl leans forward, and a bearded man in white sits beside him. Several people in white and pastel clothes stand near the water, and one woman in a yellow salwar kameez holds a plate of offerings. Count of visible people is large.2008-07-10A large crowd of devotees gathers on stone steps along a riverbank, with many people in white clothes and saffron and orange garments, some seated in rows and others standing near the water. Several men in white kurtas stand near a small decorated puja table holding a lit oil lamp, flowers and brass items, while a person in a light robe is near the front. Other devotees bathe or wade in the river below. Red and orange shrine structures, a red-trimmed temple facade and shop signs with Hindi text line the riverbank behind the crowd, and loudspeakers hang from a lamp post.Evening 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.2008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10July 03 20082008-07-03July 27 20142014-07-27