Fujifilm X-T2, People, Poetry, Street Photography
by Patrick Jennings

Ritual and Playful

Mother and Daughters, The Ganges River (Ganga), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mother and daughters
New moon Ganga ritual
Splash! Splash! Splash! They’re cleansed

Playful ritual
Paddling on styrofoam
While mother washes

Bathing in the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaChildren Swimming, The Ganges River (Ganga), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ritual and Playful
On the Ganga River (Ganges)
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India

Taken during travels, yesterday, 2017

Bathing in the holy Ganges is a sacred Hindu ritual believed to wash away the sins of the bathers. There are dates on the Hindu lunar calendar when bathing is more auspicious. The new moon is one of them.