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A crowd of individuals on the steps of a riverbank engaging in traditional rituals and activities, displaying vibrant culture and sacred traditions while interacting with water in a holy setting.

Allahabad, India - February 08,2013:Unidentified Hindu pilgrims take holy dip in the river Ganges during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India. Kumbh Mela is considered as the largest human gathering in the world.

Varanasi, India - February 11, 2011: Pollution in the river Ganges continues unabated, despite being the holiest of all rivers for most Indians. The river continues to act as the dump yard of all wastage including industrial wastes. Though each subsequent government earmarks millions of dollars for cleaning the river, noting is being being on the ground and the money goes into corruption.

Varanasi, India - October 4, 2015: Pilgrims bathing in Dasaswamedh Ghat Varanasi. The river is considered holy by Hindus. It is venerated as Goddess Ganga and bathing in their waters is considered a ritual that offers respect to the Goddess and internal purification. If this ritual is done in Varanasi it is even more powerful as this is the holiest city of the Jain and Hindu religion.

view from ganges river on crowded kedar ghat in Varanasi old town

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi. People bathing in the Ganges.

Varanasi, India – A large group of Hindu devotees gather at the ghats of the Ganges River during sunrise to perform ritual bathing. The sacred river is central to Hinduism, and daily purification ceremonies symbolize faith, spirituality, and devotion.

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - January 2024: Portrait of unidentified brahmin male taking the holy dip in river ganges to perform hindu rituals and worship lord shiv and goddess ganga.

A man was jump in the river for taking the bath

Kolkata, India - October 14, 2023 : Unknown People crowd at early morning in the shore of River Ganga to take part in the Hindu ritual called 'Tarpana' at Ahiritola ghat, North Kolkata in Mahalaya. Tarpaṇa is a term in the Vedic practice that refers to an offering made to divine entities. It refers to the act of offering as well as the substance used in the offering. Tilatarpana is a specific form of tarpana involving libations offered to the pitri (deceased ancestors) using water and sesame seeds during Pitru Paksha or as a death rite.

Group of male devotees are praying before taking the holy dip at the Ganges river during the holy festival of Kumbh Mehla in Prayagraj. The person sitting on the edge is a priest and he is reciting Hinduism mantras from the book that he is holding. They are offering their prayers to Maa Ganga and wishing for their and their families wellbeing.

Varanasi, India - October 5, 2015: Women pilgrims bathing in the Ganges river in the morning at sunrise. This is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and also the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism and so the most important pilgrimage place for hindus. Many ghats, embankments made in steps, are placed in one of the river sides and it is where pilgrims perform ritual ablutions.

Varanasi, India - April 8, 2010: Hindu man taking bath for praying in Ganges River, Varanasi, India

$November 16, 2010. Varanasi, India.\nIt is located next to the Ganges river, which is considered sacred by the Hindus, and has hosted people from all over the country to worship here for thousands of years. Along the river are Ghats where Hindus take their sacred baths.$

Hindu Pilgrim offers prayers in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India

Candle And Flowers Floating In The Ganges In Varanasi, India

Varanasi, India - January 5, 2014: Series of steps on bank of river Ganges leading down to a river where body and soul purification takes place. Man is sitting on steps while other two are washing themselves in river. Two more persons walking on steps.

Srisailam, India - August 02, 2014: Pilgrims taking a dip at Srisailam ghat on Krishna river in Srisailam in Telangana, India.

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - November 2022: Portrait on an old indian woman sitting near ganges ghat in traditional saree.

Hallahabad. India- january 17 2019: The Prayag Kumbh Mela, also known as Allahabad Kumbh Mela is a mela, or religious gathering, associated with Hinduism and held in the city of Prayagraj, India, at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati river.The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacle.Approximately 50 and 30 million people attended the Allahabad Ardh Kumbh Mela in 2019 and Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 respectively to bathe in the holy river Ganges, making them the largest peaceful gathering events in the world.

Bathers in the Ganges river, also called Ganga, Varanasi India.

A Flock of Common Black Headed Gulls, playing on the waters of River Ganges in Varanasi. The famous Ghats of Varanasi are seen at a distance. The picture is bathed in the orange glow of early morning sun light.

Flowers and candle floating basket for Ganges(Ganga) river in India. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh, India

The Festival of Shivaratri - Indian worshippers in colourful saris run up steps and enter the Matangeshwar hindu temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi. People bathing in the Ganges.

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