Baptism in the Ganges
Varanasi, India
Pilgrims by the hundreds of thousands come to wash themselves in the river Ganges. They prepare themselves along the steps at riverside and then step into the flowing river in a kind of baptism, praying in still quietness. Here at sunset a women bows in gratitude.
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