Sunrise at the Howrah Bridge

A view from a wooden boat on the Hooghly River in Kolkata at sunrise, featuring the Howrah Bridge silhouetted against an orange sky with ghats and buildings visible along the riverbank.

A photo from a wooden boat on the Hooghly River in Kolkata at sunrise, the Howrah Bridge silhouetted against an orange sky See more

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The Howrah Bridge spans the Hooghly River in Kolkata during a foggy dawn, with small wooden boats on the water and people on the riverbank ghats.

A serene view of the stone steps and domed shrines at Ram Ghat on the Shipra River in Ujjain at dawn, with a line of small floating lamps drifting on the misty, slate-colored water under a soft rose-tinted sky.

A view of the Varanasi ghats at sunrise, featuring historic stone palaces glowing in warm light, wooden boats moored along the riverbank, and a flock of seagulls flying over the water.

A lone oarsman rows a small wooden boat across a calm, misty river during a hazy sunrise.

A group of people wrapped in shawls sit on the stone steps of a ghat in Varanasi at dawn, looking out over the river as the sun rises.

A wooden country boat rests on a pale sandbank along the Brahmaputra River during a foggy winter dawn, with the sun appearing as a soft orange disc above the water.

A three-wheeled cargo motorcycle loaded with orange and yellow marigold garlands is parked at the Mullick Ghat flower market beneath the Howrah Bridge at sunrise.

A night scene on a river in Dhaka featuring large, multi-deck passenger ferries illuminated by strings of lights, with several small rowing boats carrying lanterns navigating the dark, reflective water.

People gather on the stone steps of the Varanasi ghats along the Ganges River, with orange marigold flower offerings floating in the water under soft, hazy morning light.

The Pamban rail bridge stretches across a calm, misty sea toward Rameswaram island at dawn, with a pair of egrets perched on a stone pier under a soft, copper-colored sun.

Porters carry large baskets of marigold flowers on their heads through the Mallick Ghat flower market in Kolkata, with the Howrah Bridge visible in the background under a blue dawn sky.

A night scene at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu during Bala Chaturdashi, featuring thousands of small oil lamps illuminating the stone terraces along the Bagmati River, with smoke-filled air and glowing temple roofs.

An elderly man with a grey mustache stands in the Ganges River at Har Ki Pauri, surrounded by other devotees bathing in the early morning light with temples visible in the background.

Rows of small clay oil lamps are lit along stone steps leading to a river at dusk, accompanied by piles of marigold flowers.

Wooden stilt houses rise above the calm waters of the Lagos lagoon at dawn, with small canoes navigating between them amidst rising smoke and morning mist, while distant city towers are visible on the horizon.

A man rows a traditional wooden shikara boat across a misty lake surrounded by lotus leaves, with snow-capped mountains glowing pink in the background at dawn.

A white zebu cow rests on the stone steps of a ghat in Varanasi at dawn, with the misty Ganges River in the background illuminated by soft morning light.

A misty morning scene at the port of Mopti on the Niger River, featuring stacks of large stone slabs on the shore and several wooden pinasses moored in the water under a pale sun.

A large crowd of people gathers at the riverbank during the Kumbh Mela at dawn, with saffron flags, pontoon bridges, and a tent city visible in the misty distance under a rising sun.

A subway train crosses the Dangsan railway bridge over the Han River in Seoul at sunset, silhouetted against the bright sun with its reflection shimmering on the water.

A cargo barge travels along the brown waters of a river in Chongqing, China, beneath a cable-stayed bridge partially obscured by thick morning fog.

Small wooden rowing boats ferry passengers across the Buriganga River in Dhaka at dawn, with large river launches moored in the background under a hazy, reddish sun.

The Lansdowne and Ayub bridges span the Indus River at Sukkur at dusk, with a small ferry boat crossing the water beneath the dark steel cantilever and pale steel arch structures against an apricot sky.

A wide-angle view of the Varanasi ghats at dawn, featuring tiered stone steps, historic riverfront buildings, brass ceremonial lamps in the foreground, and wooden boats moored along the Ganges River under a hazy sky.

A wide-angle view of a crowded river ghat at dawn, filled with people celebrating Holi amidst large clouds of bright green and blue powder, with boats moored along the calm water.

A lone boatman rows a small boat on the Ganges River at night, with fireworks exploding above the illuminated ghats and temples of Varanasi, which are decorated with numerous small oil lamps.

A large crowd of people viewed from behind, gathered at the riverbank in Haridwar during the Ganga aarti ceremony at dusk, with many small oil lamps floating on the water and priests performing rituals with fire on the opposite steps.

A view of the Pushkar ghats at dusk, featuring stepped stone stairs leading down to the water, illuminated by small oil lamps in wall niches, with whitewashed shrines and domes under an orange sunset sky.

A metal pan of boiling masala chai sits on a small coal stove on a stone ghat overlooking the Ganges River at sunrise, with stacks of clay cups nearby and boats visible in the misty background.

A group of people play cricket on a sandy riverbank at sunset, with the silhouetted buildings of Varanasi in the background and dust illuminated by golden light.

A long-exposure night shot of the ghats in Varanasi during Dev Deepawali, showing thousands of lit clay lamps on stone steps blurred into vertical golden streaks against the dark Ganges river.

A low-angle view of the Forth Bridge at dusk, with a train crossing the cantilever structure and its reflection visible in the calm water below.

The Dom Luís I bridge in Porto spans the Douro River, its iron arch partially obscured by thick morning fog, with a traditional rabelo boat moored in the foreground.

Marigold garlands and rose petals float on the surface of the Narmada River in front of the sandstone architecture of the Maheshwar ghats at dusk.

A silhouette of an aerialist performing on a hoop suspended from a crane above the Douro River in Porto at sunset, with the Dom Luís I bridge and the historic hillside city in the background.

Numerous lit diyas decorated with marigold flowers float on a dark river at dusk, with soft reflections shimmering on the water surface and a calm, dark sky above.

A long teak log raft with a thatched shelter drifts down a calm, silver river in Myanmar during a foggy morning, with smoke rising from a cook fire and the sun appearing as a pale disc in the sky.

A temple pond is illuminated by hundreds of lit diyas along its stone steps at dusk, with temple structures in the background under a twilight sky.

A lone boatman rows a wooden boat on the misty Ganges river at sunrise, with the historic stone ghats of Varanasi visible in the background under a soft orange and pink sky.

A wide-angle view of the Ram ki Paidi ghats in Ayodhya illuminated by thousands of lit diyas at dusk, with the warm glow reflecting in the calm Saryu river.

A wide-angle view of the Lakshman Jhula suspension bridge over the Ganges River in Rishikesh at blue hour, with illuminated temples and mist rising from the water.

A line of pilgrims dressed in white robes stands on the stone steps of the ghats along the Ganges River in Varanasi during sunrise, viewed from a wooden boat.

A view of the Forth Bridge cantilever structure emerging from thick fog over the water at dawn, with the steel frame glowing in warm light.

A man sits on stone steps overlooking a river at sunrise, holding a long-necked stringed instrument while wooden boats float on the water in the background.

Numerous small, lit leaf-shaped candles float on the dark water of the Ganges River in Varanasi during the blue hour, with buildings visible along the riverbank in the background.

A long, painted wooden ferry boat with an arched canopy piled with cargo travels across a wide, brown river in Mali during the late afternoon.

The Quebec Bridge spans the St. Lawrence River at sunset, its dark steel cantilever structure silhouetted against a vibrant orange sky with golden reflections on the water.

The Gateway of India monument is silhouetted against a vibrant pink sunrise, with several boats moored in the harbor in the foreground.

A row of traditional wooden pinisi schooners is moored at the Paotere harbour in Makassar during a hazy sunrise.

People place leaf-cup lamps on the water at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar at dusk, with many lit lamps drifting in a curve along the river.

A wide-angle night view of an illuminated Hindu temple complex on the banks of a river, with fireworks bursting in the dark blue sky and small floating lamps drifting on the water.

The historic Orchha Fort complex and royal chhatris rise above the mist-covered Betwa River at dawn, illuminated by the warm light of the rising sun.

A lone oarsman rows a small boat across the choppy, rain-swept Ganges River in front of the dark stone ghats and temples of Varanasi during a heavy downpour.

A house crow perched on a wooden mooring post in the Hooghly River with the Howrah Bridge visible in the foggy background at sunrise.

A gouache-style painting of a river ghat at dawn, featuring a domed shrine, stone steps leading to the water, and several moored wooden boats.

A long metal truss bridge spans a misty river at dawn, with a small, colorful wooden boat carrying three people moving through the water below.

A group of people sit in a wooden boat on the Ganges River in Varanasi at dawn, silhouetted against a soft pink and orange sky with river fog and temple architecture in the background.

A wide-angle view of the ghats of Varanasi at dusk, illuminated by thousands of glowing clay lamps reflecting on the dark water of the Ganges river, with small wooden boats carrying people in the foreground.

Silhouetted figures row small wooden boats across the pewter-colored Buriganga River at Sadarghat in Dhaka during a hazy sunrise.

A partially submerged, tilted stone temple spire stands in the muddy, flooded Ganges River in Varanasi, with historic riverfront palaces in the background under a dramatic, cloudy sky with sunbeams.

Silhouetted figures stand waist-deep in the Ganges River at sunset, holding baskets of fruit above their heads during a ritual, with smoke rising from the riverbank in the background.

Small glowing lamps in wicker baskets are suspended from tall bamboo poles along the stone steps of the Panchganga Ghat in Varanasi during a violet dusk, with boats on the river and temple architecture in the background.

An elderly man with a white beard and glasses, wearing a saffron shawl and a dark cap, sits on stone steps beside a brass pot overlooking the Ganges River at sunrise.

A high-angle view of the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers at Devprayag during dawn, featuring a temple on the point, forested mountains, and mist.

A vertical photograph of a river ghat at dawn, featuring vibrant clouds of green and blue Holi powder rising above people on the stone steps, with traditional temple architecture in the background and boats floating on the calm water.

People gather at the edge of a wide, misty river at dawn to release small, decorated boats carrying oil lamps and marigolds into the water as the sun rises.

A wide-angle view of the historic Chunar Fort perched on a sandstone cliff overlooking the Ganges River at sunset, with a small sailboat featuring a patchwork sail floating on the golden water.

An elderly South Asian man with a white beard and cap sits in a wooden boat on the Ganges at sunrise, while his grandson leans over the side to touch floating marigolds in the misty water.

A priest in traditional attire performs a ritual with a multi-tiered lamp on the stone steps of the Varanasi ghats at dawn, with small lit candles floating on the water and wooden boats moored nearby.

A long bridge spans a river under a hazy, dust-filled sky with the pale sun visible above, while small figures and motorbikes cross the bridge in the warm, ochre-toned light.

An elderly South Asian woman with short white hair and pearl earrings stands on the ghats of Varanasi at dawn, with incense smoke drifting across her face and the sun rising in the background.

An elderly South Asian man with a grey moustache and a warm smile sits on the stone steps of a ghat by the Ganges river at sunrise, with orange marigold petals floating on the water.