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A huge idol of Kali is carried during the Kali Murti festival, Varanasi, India. It will be marched into the streets where thousands of people will work themselves into a frenzy with drumming and fireworks.
A woman carries a lantern during a marriage procession, Badi Basti, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Low caste adults are paid just 10 cents per hour to do this work.
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Durga idols are immersed in the Hooghly River during the Durga Puja festival, Babughat, Kolkata, India
A Durga idol is immersed in the Hooghly River at night during the Durga Puja festival, Babughat, Kolkata, India
A woman carries a lantern during a marriage procession, Badi Basti, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Low caste adults are paid just 10 cents per hour to do this work.
Offerings on the banks of the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
A girl carries a lantern during a marriage procession, Badi Basti, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Low caste children are employed at just six cents per hour to do this work.
Offerings on the banks of the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Pujari lights a fire at the 7th century Ajaypal temple site (Shiva temple), near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Taken on the "Black Moon" or "Shiva Moon."