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Photograph of a stone ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi in early morning light. Several men bathe in the brown river water, one bare-chested man pouring water with a cupped hand while another stands on the steps holding a white cloth and a plastic bag. A blue-doored shrine with painted Hindi devotional text stands beside a small arched niche where a woman sits. A blue wooden boat lies moored at the right edge, and red railings line the upper terrace.

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Riverside ghat in Varanasi viewed from the water. Weathered sandstone stepped buildings rise above the Ganges, with a small shrine alcove framed by blue and white painted columns showing deity images. A saffron-clad figure stands at the shrine entrance. In the water in front, a few people wade and bathe, including a bare-chested man in red loincloth and others in white clothing. Laundry hangs over a railing, a small blue boat sits at the right, and a tree shades the upper terraces.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02Photograph of the Varanasi riverfront across the Ganges, showing tiered stone ghats climbing to dense multi-storey buildings in faded red, tan and white. Two wooden boats sit at the water's edge near a small domed shrine. In the foreground, two men are partly visible at the bottom of the frame; the man at right, in a yellow checked shirt with a tilak-marked forehead, is the only one fully shown. Small figures are scattered on the steps and some people bathe in the water. Signs on the buildings include a shop board reading Benarasi Silk Factory.October 02 20152015-10-02A photograph of a riverside ghat in Varanasi at dawn or dusk, with a river in the foreground. Several people stand on a muddy embankment near a stone building with arched openings and a signboard reading Hotel Sunmoony. A group gathers around a pile of wood and burning ground, with orange flower offerings scattered on the dark mud and steps. A man in white cloth works near the water, and another person in a red shawl stands at left. Stacks of firewood are piled on a slope at right. No one visible matches a person candidate clearly enough to identify.Morning view of a stone ghat on the Ganga river in Varanasi, with weathered sandstone steps leading down to brown water. Several small wooden boats with blue and white paint are moored at the bottom of the steps. On the left, a few men stand or bathe in the shallow water, one wearing a white dhoti and another in pink shorts, and a pink cloth hangs over a railing. Multi-storey buildings with balconies, a domed chhatri and a tall cylindrical pink tower rise behind the ghat, and a few figures walk on the steps under a clear pale sky.2015-10-02Photograph of the riverside ghats of Varanasi seen from the Ganga, with many people gathered on stone steps leading down to the water. Pilgrims in mixed clothing bathe and stand at the edge of the river, and a dark wooden boat is moored near the steps. Behind the ghat rise old stone buildings, a pink-spired temple tower on the left, and a tall carved temple shikhara on the right. A signboard reads Manikarnika Ghat and another sign reads Scindia Guest House. Clear blue sky above.2006-01-06A 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.Photograph of devotees bathing in the Ganga at a Varanasi ghat in early morning light. Men and women stand waist-deep in the river in wet clothes, some with hands joined in prayer, while a man in a white vest and a shirtless man in a dark lungi stand on the stone steps above. A man in an orange kurta and a man in a light blue t-shirt with a camera around his neck stand nearby on the steps. A woman in a yellow sari and a woman in a bright green sari sit or stand on the steps. A rope stretches across the water and a yellow boat is moored at right. A saffron-robed man sits at upper left under a blue umbrella, and a white umbrella shades the upper right. A visible person-count range of about twenty-five people appears in the scene.2015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02