Caged In

Caged In

Palace On The Steps Hotel

Varanasi, India

July 2015

We, the people, ate inside this cage.  The monkeys lingered around, outside, hoping for any morsel of food we might throw at them.

At the River Bank- Ganges River

Just Before Dawn on The Ganges River

Brushing His Teeth

Brushing His Teeth

Ganges River

Varanasi, India

July 2015

This man lived on the banks of the Ganges River.  I would see him every morning as I looked out , over my balcony. He spent his early mornings, preparing spiritual offerings which he sold to the bathers. In the late evening, he tucked himself up and slept on the steps.

Ready to Bathe

Preparing Offerings to Mother Ganges

Carrying Their Goods to market

Preparing to Bathe

Strolling Through The Alleys

Washing Up

Life Along The Ganges River

Waiting for the Sun to Rise

Sitting on the boat on the Ganges River

The River Bank of the Ganges

As The Sun Rises On The Ganges

Exploring The Ganges

The Sun Setting On The Ganges

Boatmen- Ganges River

Floating In the Ganges

Along The Riverfront- Ganges River

The Ganges River- Viransia, India

Heading to the River

Night Ceremony

Men Bathing In the Ganges River

The women enter the river slowly, deliberately.  They sit and contemplate the moment.  But the men charge in to the river and splash and swim and play.

Public Service Announcement

Preparing Offerings

Boats on the Ganges

Women Bathing in The Ganges

Ganges

Alley Merchants

The View From My Balcony

Climbing the Damn Steps

Holy Men

Staring at the Ganges

Leaving Offerings

Altar

A Goddess

Steps of the Ganges

Sacred Cow

Shilyabai Ghat

Damn Monkeys

Preparing for Morning Prayers