Hindu pilgrims descend the steps at Assi ghat on the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2017. A big...
Pilgrims are taking bath in the holy river Ganges at Dashashwamedh Ghat, Main Ghat, in the suburb Godowlia.
The stepped bathing places on the banks of the River Ganga, there are 84 different Ghats all several hundred years old on April 23, 2026 in Varanasi,...
The stepped bathing places on the banks of the River Ganga, there are 84 different Ghats all several hundred years old on April 23, 2026 in Varanasi,...
The stepped bathing places on the banks of the River Ganga, there are 84 different Ghats all several hundred years old on April 23, 2026 in Varanasi,...
People sit in prayer behind rows of drying laundry on the stone steps of a ghat in Varanasi, with the River Ganges flowing in the distance.
Man sits on the stone steps of a Varanasi ghat with his hands raised in prayer next to two moored wooden rowing boats.
Two people in traditional clothing sit at the edge of the River Ganges in Varanasi, observing a boat and the rising sun from the stone ghats.
At the Varanasi ghats, women apply traditional orange sindoor powder to each other's hair parting during a religious ceremony by the River Ganges.
Women in Varanasi prepare small flower offerings with candles for a ritual at the River Ganges while standing on the stone steps of the ghats.
Numerous pilgrims in orange life jackets travel by motorboat on the Ganges in Varanasi, as Malviya Bridge spans the river in the distance.
Women wash clothes in the River Ganges at a Varanasi ghat during sunrise, while a boat full of people passes by in the distance.
Numerous traditional rowing boats are crowded together at the edge of the River Ganges in Varanasi while people move between the different vessels.
Chhath devotees perform rituals in Ganga river on the occasion of Chaiti Chhath Puja festival at Digha 93 no. Ghat on March 25, 2026 in Patna, India....
Visual record of life in Varanasi documents its people, rituals, and streets as part of India's living heritage.
Visual record of life in Varanasi documents its people, rituals, and streets as part of India's living heritage.
Visual record of life in Varanasi documents its people, rituals, and streets as part of India's living heritage.
Gather of Chhath devotees around Ganga river on the occasion of Chhath Puja festival at NIT Ghat on October 27, 2025 in Patna, India. The four-day...
Woman with a sari hooded over her head performs the evening Aarti, a Hindu devotional and purfication ritual involving fire, in the waters of the...
Hindu devotees gather to celebrate 'Masaan' or 'Bhasma' Holi with ashes of funeral pyres along the banks of the river Ganges at Manikarnika Ghat in...恒河
In this photograph taken on August 31 people stand near burning funeral pyres at a makeshift cremation ground along Manikarnika Ghat, on the banks of...
Man puts a wooden log on a funeral pyre burning at Harishchandra Ghat, on the banks of the river Ganga, in Varanasi on February 26, 2024. For Hindu's...
Man tends to a burning funeral pyre at Harishchandra Ghat, on the banks of the river Ganga, in Varanasi on February 26, 2024. For Hindu's the ritual...
