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A crowd of devotees sits on a white railed riverside boat or ghat landing at Varanasi, with other boats and red flags along the river behind. In the foreground, a woman in a blue and turquoise patterned outfit and a man in white sit beside a bearded devotee in beige and a woman in a dark sari. On the right, a man in a white t-shirt stands near a woman in white robes with a rudraksha mala, who holds a string of beads. Red and gold decorative finials line the railing. Many people are seated or partly visible in the crowd.

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April 30 20142014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30May 13 20142014-05-13A crowded riverboat deck on the Ganges at dusk, packed with devotees in white clothing and mixed casual dress seated shoulder to shoulder. At the front, a standing figure in red-orange robes holds a tall trident and stands beside a raised platform, while a man in white stands behind him on the boat. Several people wear saffron and orange garments and garlands. Pale hazy river and distant shoreline stretch behind, with curved white poles arching over the deck on the right.2014-04-30A photograph taken on a river boat on the Ganges at Varanasi, with a hazy sky and a distant shoreline. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the front of the boat holding a tall trident-topped staff and a small ritual object, beside a decorated seat. Around him, many seated devotees in white kurtas, saris, red and maroon shirts and a few in blue look toward him. The boat is crowded with people on benches and deck, and other small boats float on the water in the background. a person is probable: the standing figure wears saffron clothing and holds a trident staff, and the page says he is present, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30Dusk photograph of a white and red riverboat on the Ganges at Varanasi, crowded with devotees standing along its railing and decorated with red flower garlands. A man in red clothing near the stern raises a long silver staff or ritual implement, and a bearded man in a dark shirt stands at the rail. In the foreground a man with a red-and-orange garland over white dhoti-style attire stands on the landing, a man in a striped shirt and a young man in a green polo shirt stand beside him, and a young person in orange clothing stands at right. a person is not clearly identifiable among the visible people.2014-04-30April 30 20142014-04-30May 14 20142014-05-14