A daily scene at the ghats in Varanasi |
Crowds throng the Har-Ki-Pauri at Haridwar |
Pilgrims take a holy dip at the ghats in Varanasi |
Cattle contribute to river pollution along the ghats. The plan is to move them to some other location, far away from ritual bathing areas |
Laundering also contributes to river pollution, mainly due to the type of cleaning agent used |
The mighty Ganga in all its splendor |
Our revered Ganga defines India as a civilisation |
Species of birds have returned to the once severely polluted Thames |
Volunteers from all walks of life regularly clean up litter along the banks of the Thames |
A devout offers final prayers to the setting sun. |
A soapy holy dip? |
Most of the temples on the ghats date to antiquity |
The young and the old, men and women, are all one, when in prayer |
The devout fill bottles with Ganga-jal |
Holy offerings, sins, garbage, construction site wastes: the river washes it all away |
The toilet's occupied? No problem, we'll use the ghats! |
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