India’s holiest river, the Ganges, is  scribbled with light from floating oil lamps during the Ganga Dussehra  festival in Haridwar. Hindus near death often bathe in the river; some  are later cremated beside it and have their ashes scattered on its  waters. 

India’s holiest river, the Ganges, is scribbled with light from floating oil lamps during the Ganga Dussehra festival in Haridwar. Hindus near death often bathe in the river; some are later cremated beside it and have their ashes scattered on its waters.