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Hazy morning view of the Ganges at Varanasi with many small wooden boats moored along the water. In the foreground, a long flat-topped wooden boat with a blue canopy frame sits at a ghat, and a man in light clothing stands at its bow holding a long bamboo pole. Further out, two people sit in a small blue boat, and several people bathe or stand in the shallow water near the boats. Distant riverfront buildings fade into the mist.

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Hazy morning view over the Ganga river at Varanasi, with a row of colourful wooden boats moored at the ghat. A rowing boat with two people crosses the water in the middle distance. On the left, a fisherman in light clothing stands on a bamboo-framed wooden boat, casting a long fishing rod. Several people sit in boats on the right, and a man stands waist-deep in the river near the edge. Distant ghat buildings appear faintly along the far shore under a pale sky.2006-01-06Wide view of the Ganges river at Varanasi on a hazy morning, with dozens of wooden rowing boats moored in shallow water and more boats scattered across the river in the distance. In the foreground on the left, a few people wade and bathe in the water near the boats. A woman in a teal headscarf and red garment stands on the right beside a moored boat, and another woman in a blue garment and red shawl stands on the stone steps at the bottom edge. A small flag flies from a boat at right. No a person candidate is visible.2015-10-02A hazy morning view over a wide river with many small wooden boats moored at the right bank in the foreground, some painted red, blue and purple. A small group of people sits in a boat on the left, and a few figures stand near the moored boats at the lower right. Distant riverside buildings and steps line the far bank under pale, misty sky. The scene resembles the Ganga ghats at Varanasi.2006-01-06A hazy morning view over a wide river with small wooden boats moored in the foreground. Several red and blue boats float near the right side, some with a small flag, while two people in orange and dark clothing sit in one boat at the bottom right. A smaller boat with several seated passengers drifts on the left. The far bank shows a line of buildings and steps under a pale sky. No a person is visible and no ritual activity is shown.2006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Wide view over a wide, hazy river with several wooden boats moored at a riverside ghat. A red flag flies from a boat cabin on the right, and other small passenger boats are crowded with people further out on the water. In the lower right corner, a person with long dark hair in an orange-saffron garment looks out over the river, partly cropped by the frame. Along the bottom left, a few seated people and a bald head are visible on the steps of the ghat, and an orange cloth hangs from a pole on the left.2006-01-06A hazy river scene. A boatman in a red top stands at the oar of a light blue boat at right, and a few small figures sit in a dark boat on the left. Sparkling sunlight reflects on the water. Watermarked archive photograph of boats on the river with no visible ceremony or a person.2006-01-06A hazy morning view over the Ganges river at Varanasi. In the foreground a yellow wooden boat with a lidded box sits moored, its hull lettered in blue Devanagari script. Further out, small rowing boats drift on the calm brown water, and a few distant people row. On the right, a red-and-white clad rower sits in a small wooden boat beside larger moored boats, with a row of riverside buildings and ghats along the far bank under a pale sky.2015-10-02A hazy riverside scene on a sandy ghat beside a wide river. Several wooden boats with red pennants are moored along the bank, and a larger red-and-white passenger boat sits at the right. Low wooden benches line the sand, and a few people stand and sit near the boats, with a purple cloth draped over a bench at lower left. Distant buildings and trees lie across the river under a pale sky. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2014-04-30A hazy dawn view over a wide river with a row of moored wooden boats along a stone ghat. Several boats have white and blue hulls, one covered by a blue tarpaulin, and small flags and poles rise from some of them. Lights of the city line the far bank under a pale pink-grey sky, with the water calm and reflecting the glow. No people are visible in the scene.2015-10-11