Ganga Aarti – Fire and flowers float out into the river Ganges as a man undertakes the ritual of Ganga Aarti in Varanasi, India.

Color for Ganesh – Ganesh is honored at a small festival gathering in Haridwar, India

Offering to the Ganga – Women prepare and toss offerings into the river Ganges

Chaos at Manikarnika Ghat – The people of Varanasi clamor to the river Ganges to wash and perform daily puja rituals.

Prayer at the Ghats – A woman crouches in prayer at a ghat in Varanasi, India.

Sadhu Hideout – Making my way through the back alleys of Kolkata I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with these sadhus (holy men) in-training.

Jain Monk – This Jain monk was eager to explain the uniquities of his religion to me in a temple within the living fort of Jaisalmer.

Pause Pilgrim – Countless Seikh pilgrims travel to the Golden Temple of Amritsar every day – only a few of them take pause to reflect on their journey.

Monk in the Stupas – A lone Buddhist monk sits in meditation among the stupas at the Mahabodhi temple.

Meditation – The area outside of the Mahabodhi Temple is tumultuous and jarring, much like any other street scene in India. But as I crossed into the temple complex I could immediately feel a change. The cacophony was replaced by voices chanting rhythmic mantras set against the steady wind rustling the leaves of the Bodhi Tree – the very place that Siddhartha Guatama reached enlightenment and became the Buddha.

At Peace – A buddhist monk swathed in crimson meditates in front of an enormous fig tree swathed in prayer flags in Bodhgaya, India