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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.

devotee praying after bathing in holy river water at morning from flat angle

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - November 2022: Brahmin male taking holy dip in river ganges as hindu ritual during morning.

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

Side view photo with copy space of a young Indian man bathing with sacred water of Ganges river

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

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.

Pushkar, India - aug 6, 1996: pilgrims flock to the ghats of Pushkar Lake for purifying ablutions rituals, in Pushkar Vintage photo. Historical archive photo.

$Kolkata, India - October 02, 2024 : In this photo people are swimming at the ganga river during mahalaya tarpan. \n Unknown People crowd at early morning in the shore of River Ganga to take part in the Hindu ritual called 'Tarpana' at Ahiritola ghat, North Kolkata in Mahalaya. \nTarpaṇa is a term in the Vedic practice that refers to an offering made to divine entities. It refers to the act of offering as well as the substance used in the offering. Tilatarpana is a specific form of tarpana involving libations offered to the pitri (deceased ancestors) using water and sesame seeds during Pitru Paksha or as a death rite.$

Religious offering to river Ganges in Haridwar.

Haridwar, India - August 20, 2009: crowd in the water of Ganges for the rite of the sacred bath at Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Haridwar, Haridwar Ganga Aarti– September 17, 2022: People take part in ceremony.

varanasi, india. 30th september, 2023: varanasi river bank view, where people comes to take a bath at ganges river bank

Varanasi, India - April 6, 2010: Boats moored in front of ghats on the River Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi has always attracted a large number of pilgrims and worshippers from time immemorial.

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

Varanasi, India - April 8, 2010: Senior old man with white hair and beard standing on concrete platform and washing orange clothes in Ganges River, Varanasi, India

View from the Ganges of a morning in Varanasi.

Hindu devotees perform the 'Tarpan' rituals standing on water during Mahalaya prayers, also known as Pitru Paksha, in the banks of Brahmaputra river on October 14, 2023 in Guwahati, Assam, India. Mahalaya is a day to honor their ancestors and seek their blessings.

rishikesh, india. 10th september, 2023: hindu people having a holy bath at ganges river bank

Indian Devotees take holy dip in the waters of River Ganges on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra Festival in Prayagraj, India.

Crowd of Hindu Sanatan People taking Holi Bath on the Bank of Ganges river in Varanasi during Auspicious Kumbha Mela. Benaras Uttar Pradesh India South Asia Pacific January 5th 2024

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