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Faithful taking a bath in the waters of the Ganga, Benares, India, March 22, 2008
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The Bhagirathi River meets the Alaknanda River and the Ganga starts, August 31, 2008
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Kanpur is one of the most polluted cities in India. Kanpur, India, October 30, 2008
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People praying along the sacred river Ganga in Benares, India, October 28, 2008
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Pollution on the Ganga river, October 29, 2008
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Faithful taking a bath in the waters of the Ganga, Benares, India, October 29, 2008
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People bathing in the waters of Ganga in Benares, India, October 29, 2008
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What remains of the village of Boradi, which was completely destroyed by the Tehri dam, India, September 1, 2008
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Landscape of the Ganga valley, India, September 1, 2008
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People praying along the Ganga in Benares, India, October 28, 2008
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Ganga Pollution at Kanpur, India, October 31, 2008
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People bathing in the waters of the Ganga, Benares, India, October 28, 2008
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Landscape of the Ganga valley, India, September 1, 2008
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Faithful bathing in the waters of the Ganga, Benares, India, October 29, 2008
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The bed of one of the tributaries of Ganga, that after the construction of the dam is completely dry in summer, Haridwar, India, October 27, 2008
Holy Water
The Death of the Great Mother by Giulio di Sturco
The Ramayana, one of the greatest Hindu epics, tells how the king Bhagirata coaxed the Ganges river down from the heavens to heal a suffering land. For the people living round its banks—and the many pilgrims that travel there to pray and scatter ashes—the river is the great mother Ganga Ma, a source of holiness and purification that cleanses sins and acts as a swift conduit to the blissful afterlife. In recent years however this symbol of purity has been devastated by pollution, global warming and the building of dams (most notably at Tehri in 2006) that have drastically changed the surrounding landscape and flooded over 70 local villages. It is predicted by 2030 the river will have dried up completely because of global warming, leaving nothing for the 500 million people who live in the Ganges basin. Giulio di Sturco’s photo-essay The Death of the Great Mother captures the Ganges as it is today, plagued by sickness but nevertheless revered by its faithful dependents.
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