# Photo credits

## Wikimedia Commons (free license)

| File | Subject | Author | License | Source |
| ---- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ------ |
| `hero-ghats.jpg` / `.webp`, `og-image.jpg` | Ghats of Varanasi from the Ganga | Goku2356 | [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghats_of_Varanasi_2025.jpg |
| `vishalakshi.jpg` / `.webp` | Entrance of Kashi Vishalakshi Temple | Kailash PL | [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:காசி_விசாலாட்சி_கோயில்.jpg |
| `hero-aarti.mp4`, `hero-aarti-poster.jpg` | Ganga Aarti at Varanasi, seen from a boat (background video) | Kasyap | [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (public domain) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ganga_aarti_at_Varanasi.webm |

The photos were resized, cropped (`og-image.jpg`) and re-encoded as JPG and WebP. Under CC BY-SA 4.0, those modified versions are shared under the same license. The video was trimmed to a 9-second section, stabilised, slowed to 75% speed into a 12-second loop, denoised and re-encoded.

## Supplied by the site owner

| File | Subject | Source / license |
| ---- | ------- | ---------------- |
| `kashi-vishwanath.jpg` / `.webp` | Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple | Supplied by owner. Source and license to be confirmed. |
| `kal-bhairav.jpg` / `.webp` | Kal Bhairav Temple | Supplied by owner. Source and license to be confirmed. |
| `varahi-devi.jpg` / `.webp` | Sri Varahi Devi Temple | Supplied by owner. Source and license to be confirmed. |
| `santosh-kumar.jpg` / `.webp` | Santosh Kumar (guide portrait) | Supplied by owner. |
| `ganga-aarti.jpg` / `.webp` | Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat | Supplied by owner. Source and license to be confirmed. |

## Illustrations

`favicon.svg` and the `icon-*.png` app icons are original artwork made for this site.