Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A woman, sitting on the ground with her child, makes a face along Assi Ghat, in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A woman places a piece of bread in her child's hand, both of them sat on the ground along Assi Ghat, in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Detail of a sunlit door and a wall painted with flowers on a street in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A brightly dressed, one-eyed man, walks along Assi Ghat in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A decorated heritage Peepal Tree along Assi Ghat, in Varanasi, India, March 19, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Detail of a sunlit door and a wall painted with flowers on a street in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Detail of a towel and a pair of trousers hanging on a clothesline to dry in the sun on a street in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A shirtless boatman stands aboard his vessel moored with two other boats on the Ganga river in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A man ascends a tall flight of steps along Assi Ghat in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A woman, reflected in wet stone tiles, sweeps garbage along Assi Ghat, in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Close-up of the back of a man's brightly scarf-wrapped head along Assi Ghat, in Varanasi, India, March 20, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

Daily Life in Varanasi - India

A man reads a book of scripture resting on a rehal in his dooryway in Varanasi, India, March 19, 2025. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. Sitting on the Ganga River, Varanasi holds a central place in Hindu life and death rituals. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Hindu Priests Performing Evening Prayers at Ganges River

Traditional Hindu priests perform evening prayers at the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 May 2024. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

India: People Celebrate Holi, Festival Of Colors Across Country

Millions of people in India celebrated Holi the traditional Hindu festival of colors across the country on March 25.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe in India

Japanese Prime Minister Abe in India

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3rd from R) attend the Ganga aarti, a ritual held on the banks of the river Ganges, in Varanasi, India, on Dec. 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

India's silk-weaving industry on wane with fewer craftsmen, customers

India's silk-weaving industry on wane with fewer craftsmen, customers

Indian silk weavers work at the looms to produce fabric for luxury "sari" clothing for women on Aug. 30, 2015, in the suburbs of Varanasi, a northern India town known for the craft. The traditional weaver's craft facing its demise due to shortage of successors to the low-income job and changes in the fashion tastes of Indian women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

India's silk-weaving industry on wane with fewer craftsmen, customers

India's silk-weaving industry on wane with fewer craftsmen, customers

An Indian silk weaver works at the loom to produce fabric for luxury "sari" clothing for women on Aug. 30, 2015, in the suburbs of Varanasi, a northern Indian town known for the craft. The traditional weaver's craft is facing its demise due to shortage of successors to the low-income job and changes in the fashion tastes of Indian women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cremation performed at Hindu temple on Ganges bank

Cremation performed at Hindu temple on Ganges bank

A cremation is under way at a Hindu temple in Varanasi, northern India, on a bank of the Ganges River as pictured on Aug. 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Indian Volunteers conduct cleanup activities

Indian Volunteers conduct cleanup activities

Volunteers engage in cleanup activities in Varanasi, northern India, as pictured on Aug. 31,2015, to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to clean up the Ganges River and the holy city known as the religious capital of India. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hindu temple performs cremation on Ganges bank

Hindu temple performs cremation on Ganges bank

A cremation is performed at a Hindu temple in Varanasi, northern India, on a bank of the Ganges River as pictured on Aug. 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bathing in Ganges River

Bathing in Ganges River

A man bathes in the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on April 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bathing in Ganges River

Bathing in Ganges River

Men bathe in the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on April 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bathing in Ganges River

Bathing in Ganges River

Men bathe in the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on April 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo