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A girl falls asleep clutching a coin while panhandling for money or rice at the Gangasagar Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage to Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal in India, where the Ganges meets the sea. Not staged. Taken with permission of her parents.
Photo ID: Brett-Cole-India-04547
Photo size: 15.0 Mpixels (43 MB uncompressed) - 4750x3167 pixels (15.8x10.6 in / 40.2x26.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: beach, beggar, begging, children, festival, Gangasagar, girl, Hindu, India, Makar Sankranti, money, pilgrimage, poverty, rice, sand, sleeping
Published in: Hinduism, Oceans & Beaches