Varanasi
Photos of Varanasi, India
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A silk weaver works at a small anonymous workshop in Varanasi, India. Varanasi is famous for its fine silk.
A boy from a fishing family drops hooks into the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. Each hook is tied to a rock, and they're all strung together.
A nurse from the French NGO Agir pour Benares tends to a girl with a "black-eye" at a free health clinic at the Burning Ghats in Varanasi, India.
Brother and sister at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org). Taken in 2013.
Top-down view of students eating lunch at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org).
Two Hindu women shave their heads and bathe in the Ganges River as part of a religious ritual, Varanasi, India.
A humble Hindu worker stands next to Buddhist pilgrims at the Sarnath Archaeological Site, Sarnath, India.
Outdoor laundry ("Dhobi Ghat") on the Ganges River, Varanasi, India. Workers wash the clothes by beating them on rocks, and then dry them on clothes lines and on the steps of Varanasi's famous ghats.
Temple at the Thai Buddha Vihar in Sarnath, India. Sarnath, just north of Varanasi, is where the Buddha gave his first sermon, and is a modern day pilgrimage site.
A statue of Mother Ganga (Goddess of the Ganges River) at a temple along the river in Varanasi, India.
Girls read a lesson on environmental issues at a school in Varanasi, India operated by the Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org)
Children wait out a thunderstorm in an open-air temple above the stormy Ganges River (in the background), Varanasi, India.
A girl transcribes Hindi text at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org)
Cigarettes for sale in Varanasi, India. Smoking and chewing tobacco use are extremely common in Varanasi.
Women in saris bathe in the Ganges River near colorful drying laundry, near Ram Ghat, Varanasi, India.
A man sits on a stoop near a puppy in Sarnath, near Varanasi, India. Sarnath is an important historical site to Buddhists.
A stray mother dog missing one eye nurses two puppies at the Sarnath archaelogical site north of Varanasi, India
A garbage boat near Scindhia Ghat, Varanasi, India. It will be dumped directly into the Ganges River, including plenty of plastic.
Two Hindu women shave their heads and bathe in the Ganges River as part of a religious ritual, Varanasi, India.
Garbage in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. This is one of the most revered stretches of India's holiest river.
Workers beat laundry against stones at a Dhobi Ghat along the Ganges River on a foggy winter morning, Varanasi, India.
The 80 foot tall statue of Buddha at the Thai Buddha Vihar in Sarnath is the tallest statue of Buddha in India.
A shephard-type dog stares down a puppy on the ghats in Varanasi, India. Both are stray dogs. This big one has no owner either, despite the collar.