Sri Lanka, Kandy, Young man taking part in fire walking ceremony walking barefoot across hot coals carrying lighted flares.

India, West Bengal, Sagar, Sagar Festival pilgrims elderly woman wearing red and yellow sari praying in water in foreground.

India, Goa, Margao, Palm Sunday. Elderly woman dressed in blue sari with flower print carrying shaped palm frond.

India, Karnataka, Mysore, Indian women lighting candles.

India, Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Portrait of bridegroom in wedding attire.

India, Ladakh, Religion, Elderly Buddhist monk reading old texts.

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya , Buddhist devotee lying face down on the ground in prostration.

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya, Buddhist monk sitting beside seated golden Buddha figure on raised stone platform reading texts.

India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Man reading on steps leading to the River Ganges with his feet in the water.

India, Religion, Hindu, Women and children at Diwali Festival celebrations.

India, West Bengal, Sagar Island, Pilgrims with offerings at three day Sagar bathing festival at island in the mouth of the Hooghly considered to be the point where the Ganges joins the sea.

India, West Bengal, Sagar Island, Women pilgrims at three day Sagar bathing festival at island in mouth of the Hooghly considered to be the point where the Ganges joins the sea.