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Pilgrimage

This series of images were shot in 2002 and 2006 in and around the river Ganges near the cities of Varanasi and Allahabad. I had always been fascinated by the sheer mass of humanity that exists in India and the fact that within this chaos things to get done, often in extremely adverse conditions. Religion provides a part of the answer to this question. The intensity and time that is spent worshipping, praying and performing ceremonial rituals all contribute to the way in which Hinduism is deeply woven into Indian culture. It is the root and the fabric of everybody's lives. The place where this is most evident is in the waters and on the banks of the holy river Ganges and within the ancient city of Varanasi.

Vashnavite
Vashnavite
Vashnavite_8x8
Varanasi Rooftops
Varanasi Rooftops
Varanasi_Rooftops
Dressing by the Ganges
Dressing by the Ganges
DressingbytheGanges_copy
Walking in the ganges
Walking in the ganges
Walking_in_the_gangesP
Turban
Turban
Turban
Devotion I
Devotion I
Devotion_(orig)
Praying in the Ganges
Praying in the Ganges
Praying_in_the_Ganges
Fisherman
Fisherman
Fisherman
Pilgrims
Pilgrims
Pilgrims_on_the_Ganges
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Fisherman
Fisherman
Fisherman_copy
Bathing in the Ganges
Bathing in the Ganges
Bathing_in_the_ganges
Vashnavite
Vashnavite
Vaishnavite
Sugar Cane Girl
Sugar Cane Girl
Sugar_Cane_Girl
Morning Mela
Morning Mela
Morning_mela
Holy Man
Holy Man
Holy_Man
Varanasi Ghats
Varanasi Ghats
Varanasi_Ghats
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting_rotated_and_cropped
Chai Wallah
Chai Wallah
Chai_Wallah
The Sweeper
The Sweeper
the_sweeper
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