Incredible India – Pujari Kid

A photographic journey from the past to the present, from the tribal regions deep in India to the beautiful destinations that shows the veracity of the largest democracy in the world today.

Incredible India in pictures depicting Indian diversity in cultures, heritage, history, archaeology, literature & religion, from tribal communities to popular settlements.

This is a scene from the daily lives of numerous pujaris who live along the Ganges in Kolkata, West Bengal. The ghats of the Ganges also have cremation grounds where the Hindus burn their dead & perform their last rites before throwing the ashes into the Ganges, hoping for a reprieve of the departed soul.

Pujaris flock the numerous temples along these burning ghats in Kolkata. This young kid is following his daily routine of bringing water from the river into the small temple & do the morning offerings before going to the nearby school.

Over 5000 years of human civilization, prosperity in arts, science, philosophy and non-materialistic sciences have also harbored religions, rituals & various customs in India. Very often we follow these rituals mechanically these days without completely knowing the purpose or completely following the processes as prescribed in the Vedas.

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