Many Hindus throughout India recently celebrated Ganesha Chaturthi, a 10-day festival celebrating the birth of Ganesh, their supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. Hinduism, the predominant religion in India, is rich with traditional festivals and rituals, celebrated in many ways and locations around the world. Collected here are a few photographs from recent Hindu festivals and of Hindu devotees worshipping and practicing ritual ceremonies in India, England, Nepal and Indonesia. (36 photos total)

Afghanistan – People Addicted Sarab – opens the door of the house Beg and thick smoke opium leave precipitously as the steam of the public baths. They are the eight o’clock and the family of six including a baby under 1 year, and his lip is threaded into the pipe of opium. Beg for 65 years, aims and exhales a cloud of smoke. He passes the pipe to your wife, she goes to her daughter. The daughter does blow smoke opium in the baby’s tiny mouth. The baby’s eyes make her head back. Their faces are stark. Her hair is tangled. In a few dozens of mountain villages in this remote corner of Afghanistan, opium has been stated so strong that entire families of children and old people are addicted.
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