Varanasi
Photos of Varanasi, India
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Children play games and socialize at a free health clinic run by the French NGO Agir pour Benares, at the Burning Ghats in Varanasi, India.
Students pray before eating at a school in Varanasi, India operated by Dutch NGO Duniya (duniya.org)
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.
A man sits on a stoop near a puppy in Sarnath, near Varanasi, India. Sarnath is an important historical site to Buddhists.
A happy family works sifting dirt in farm fields along the Ganges River near Ramnagar, Varanasi, India.
A fisherman prepares a series of interconnected, weighted hooks on his boat on the Ganges River, Varanasi, India.
Garbage in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. This is one of the most revered stretches of India's holiest river.
Animal dung (cow or water buffalo) patties dry on the ghats of Varanasi, India. They will be used for fuel for cooking and warmth.
A typically adorable toddler watches as 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.
Women in saris bathe in the Ganges River near colorful drying laundry, near Ram Ghat, Varanasi, India.
Mother Ganga, Goddess of the Ganges River, at a temple along the river near Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, India.
A typically adorable toddler watches as 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.
An idol is covered up and "put to sleep for the night" at a temple near Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, India.
Buddha in a 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.
Two Hindu women shave their heads and bathe in the Ganges River as part of a religious ritual, Varanasi, India.