Hands of Grace
“The oldest living city in the world”.
Early this morning I was walking along the ghats of river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras) and I saw a group of elder Marathi women who were bathing in the holy waters.
I sat on on the steps and took a few pictures.
Later they came nearby me with several colourful saris that they have been washing in order to get them dry.
They were helping eachother to spread them covering the whole ghat.
They seemed to be happy, I think that it was important for them to have come all the way from Maharashtra in order to worship here.
I saw beauty in their tired bodies, I felt the grace from their hands and the dignity of those long lives.
The sun was already burning, it was becoming too hot for me and I had to leave them but I kept the colour of their souls in my mind.
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Hands of Grace
“The oldest living city in the world”.
Early this morning I was walking along the ghats of river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras) and I saw a group of elder Marathi women who were bathing in the holy waters.
I sat on on the steps and took a few pictures.
Later they came nearby me with several colourful saris that they have been washing in order to get them dry.
They were helping eachother to spread them covering the whole ghat.
They seemed to be happy, I think that it was important for them to have come all the way from Maharashtra in order to worship here.
I saw beauty in their tired bodies, I felt the grace from their hands and the dignity of those long lives.
The sun was already burning, it was becoming too hot for me and I had to leave them but I kept the colour of their souls in my mind.
Join the photographer at www.facebook.com/laurent.goldstein.photography
© All photographs are copyrighted and all rights reserved.
Please do not use any photographs without permission (even for private use).
The use of any work without consent of the artist is PROHIBITED and will lead automatically to consequences.