Varanasi
Photos of Varanasi, India
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Workers beat laundry against stones at a Dhobi Ghat along the Ganges River on a foggy winter morning, Varanasi, India.
Stray dogs stay warm by laying on warm ashes at Harish Chandra burning ghat, Varanasi, India. About 200 people a day are cremated at the site on open pyres along the Ganges River.
Garbage in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. This is one of the most revered stretches of India's holiest river.
A man bathes in foul water in the Ganges River near Scindhia Ghat, Varanasi, India. Trash is routinely dumped in the river.
A boat on the Ganges River carries firewood to Harish Chandra Ghat crematoreum (Burning Ghat), Varanasi, India.
A happy family works sifting dirt in farm fields along the Ganges River near Ramnagar, Varanasi, India.
Children build legos 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)
A silk weaver works at a small anonymous workshop in Varanasi, India. Varanasi is famous for its fine silk.
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.
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.
Hindu devotees pray during the Durga Puja festival, at a temple near Barabazar on the Ganges River, Kolkata, India.
A woman makes an offering to Kushmanda, one of the nine Nava-Durgas (forms of the Goddess Durga) during the Durga Puja festival, at a temple near Barabazar on the Ganges River, Kolkata, India.
Hindu devotees pray during the Durga Puja festival, at a temple near Barabazar on the Ganges River, Kolkata, India.
Hindu devotees pray during the Durga Puja festival, at a temple near Barabazar on the Ganges River, Kolkata, India.