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Photograph of the Varanasi riverfront on the Ganges, seen from the water. A wide stone ghat climbs from the river past an ornate sandstone palace with towers and arched balconies on the left. Many small figures sit and stand on the steps; a boat with several passengers in the foreground drifts on the rippling golden water. Colourful multi-storey buildings, a temple spire and red shrines line the bank under a pale evening sky. Signage reads Mushi Ghat. No identifiable person is clearly shown; a person is not visibly present.

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A wide photograph of the Varanasi riverfront on the Ganges at golden hour. Multi-storey ochre and pink stone palaces and buildings line the stepped ghats, with a tall towered sandstone fort-palace on the left. Small groups of people sit and bathe on the stone steps, and several wooden and painted boats are moored at the water's edge, including a red-orange boat on the right. The river surface reflects the warm light. A painted sign on a ghat wall reads Munshi Ghat, and a faded sign reads Shri Ganga Silk Factory.2015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02October 02 20152015-10-02Photograph of the Munshi Ghat riverside steps on the Ganga in Varanasi at golden hour. Many people, mostly men and some women, sit, stand and bathe on the stone steps and in the shallow water, with wooden boats moored at the bottom of the frame. Behind the ghat rise ornate sandstone palace facades with arched balconies and domed turrets on the left, and tall weathered multi-storey buildings with ochre and pink walls and a small temple shikhara in the centre. A signboard reads MUNSHIGHAT and a red-roofed shrine stands on the steps. No a person candidate is visible.2015-10-02Photograph of the Varanasi ghat steps on the Ganga, with a large sandstone palace of ornate balconies, domed turrets and columns rising behind the steps. Many people bathe and sit on the stone steps and in the river water, some in dhotis or wet clothing, while others walk along the stairs. A wooden boat is in the foreground on the water. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the bathers.2015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06January 06 20062006-01-06Photograph taken from a boat on the Ganges river at a Varanasi ghat in hazy morning light. Several wooden boats are moored on the green-brown water, and a group of people stands and sits in the foreground boat, including a man in a white shirt and dark trousers standing at the bow and a man in a dark vest beside him. Behind them, stepped stone ghats rise toward old multi-storey buildings, a red domed temple shrine and a tall spired temple, with firewood stacked on the steps. Some passengers wear caps and bright blue or white tops.2015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06October 02 20152015-10-02January 06 20062006-01-06