722-182 - Pilgrims, devotees and locals outside the walls of the Jagannath Temple dedicated to Lord Jagannath, an embodiment of Krishna, situated in Puri, in the State of Odisha, the oldest of India's four holiest Hindu religious centres.

722-180 - Devotees gathered in the grounds of the 12th century Jagannath Temple waiting for a sign from Krishna. The Temple, dedicated to Lord Jagannath, an embodiment of Krishna, is situated in Puri, in the State of Odisha, the oldest of India's four holiest Hindu

809-8615 - Sri Krishnan Hindu temple, incense sticks offered by devotees, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

832-398022 - MAHESHWAR, INDIA, APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

832-398020 - MAHESHWAR, INDIA, APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

832-398019 - MAHESHWAR, INDIA, APRIL 26: Indian woman performs morning pooja on sacred river Narmada ghats on April 26, 2011 in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. To Hindus Narmada is one of 5 holy rivers of India

1350-1670 - Pilgrims praying, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1633 - People carry a body, to burn, going to Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1656 - Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

1350-1677 - Sadhus sleeping, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1673 - Pilgrim making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1678 - Sadhus begging, in Dashashwamedh Ghat Road , Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

1350-1635 - Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1667 - Pilgrims making a ritual offering, and praying, ghats in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1659 - A man praying, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1681 - Sadhus praying and begging, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1672 - Pilgrims making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1657 - Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

1350-1651 - Dashashwamedh ghat (main ghat), in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1675 - Pilgrims praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1634 - Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1653 - Buffaloes, Lalita ghat, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1668 - Pilgrims making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1652 - Pilgrims in a boat sailing and praying, Ganges river, in background the ghats, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1662 - Pilgrims praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1661 - Woman making offering, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1696 - Men praying, in the Ghat of Yamuna river, Vrindavan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India

1350-1649 - Bamboo to hold, at its top, baskets with offerings, in Panch Ganga Ghat, Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1674 - Pilgrims praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1631 - Baeber shaving the head and beard of a pilgrim, Dashashwamedh ghat (main ghat), in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1655 - Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

1350-1637 - Cremation of a body, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1654 - Ahilya Bai ghat and Munshi ghat, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1660 - Men praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1658 - Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

1350-1679 - Sadhu meditating, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1638 - Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1669 - Pilgrims praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1671 - Pilgrims making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1664 - Pilgrims making a ritual offering, and praying, ghats in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1665 - Pilgrims praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1680 - Sadhu meditating, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1636 - Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1663 - Pilgrims praying and bathing, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1632 - Barber shaving the head and beard of a pilgrim, Dashashwamedh ghat (main ghat), in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1676 - Sadhus sleeping, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1666 - Pilgrims making a ritual offering, and praying, ghats in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

805-264 - Bihari villager, a Vishnaivite devotee with tilak on his forehead indicating the Hindu god Vishnu, wearing orange clothing for visit to the Vishnu temple at Sonepur Cattle Fair, near Patna, Bihar, India, Asia

805-122 - Devotees queueing to do puja at Kankera festival, where donations of foods are made for the poor, the day after Diwali celebrations, Jagdish temple, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

805-78 - Four Dikshitar priests of the Chidambaram temple, considered the foremost amongst the devotees of the Lord Siva, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

805-120 - Devotees queueing to do puja at Kankera festival, where donations of foods are made for the poor, the day after Diwali celebrations, Jagdish temple, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

805-121 - Devotees queueing to do puja at Kankera festival, where donations of foods are made for the poor, the day after Diwali celebrations, Jagdish temple, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

805-119 - Devotees and families celebrate Diwali at Jagdish temple in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

809-7669 - Devotees performing a Harinam during Janmashtami Hindu festival at Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford, England, United Kingdom, Europe

805-198 - Red and gold tinselled cloths for Hindu devotees visiting a temple, Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

805-1177 - Hindu devotees placing lit puja lamps in temple courtyard to celebrate annual festival of Shivraatri, Koraput district, Odisha, India, Asia

805-1022 - Hindu devotees taking part in the sacred ceremony of evening aati, adoration of the holy River Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

809-7030 - Hindu devotee prostrating at Krishna-Balaram temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

809-7031 - Devotees making garlands at Krishna-Balaram Hindu temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

809-6714 - Devotees chanting kirtans in the Sarcelles ISKCON temple, Sarcelles, Val d'Oise, France, Europe

1188-686 - Devotee with body pierced with skewers, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1188-682 - Devotee with body pierced with skewers, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1188-678 - Devotee with body pierced with skewers, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1188-684 - Body piercings on chest of devotee, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1188-680 - Devotee with body piercings, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1188-681 - Devotee with body pierced with skewers, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1188-685 - Hooks being attached to a devotee's back, Thaipusam Hindu Tamil festival celebrated in Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-6535 - Devotee impersonating the Hindu god Hanuman, Diwali festival at the Sarcelles ISKCON temple, Sarcelles, Val d'Oise, France, Europe

805-762 - Hindu bells, rung by devotees as an invocation to the deities to hear their prayers, Sivadol Mandir, Sivasagar, Assam, India, Asia

805-698 - Hindu devotees wearing Assamese white and red gamosa scarves, drumming in Durga puja religious procession, Sualkuchi town, Assam, India, Asia

805-661 - Terracotta diya (oil lamps) offered as a temple puja by pilgrims and devotees, Kamakhya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

1161-4452 - Hindu sadhu pilgrims at Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4378 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4355 - Tourists watch body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4424 - Hindu temple guard in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4513 - Indian Hindu pilgrims washing clothes and bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, India

1161-4509 - Tourist boats in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat to watch Hindus bathing in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4538 - Hindu Sadhu holy man with traditional robe reads on steps of the Ghats in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4384 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4512 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing and praying in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, India

1161-4421 - Hindu sadhu pilgrim with beads and turban in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4352 - Hindu man pilgrim with long hair in turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4496 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4351 - Hindu man pilgrim with long hair in turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4503 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4391 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4363 - Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4380 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing and cleaning teeth in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4373 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4514 - Indian Hindu pilgrims washing clothes and bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, India

1161-4497 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4545 - Indian Hindu men and women bathing and praying in the River Ganges by Kshameshwar Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, India

1161-4369 - Traditional scene on River Ganges Hindu pilgrim pours Ganges water while praying at Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4395 - Hindu pilgrim with turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4521 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Darbhanga Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4552 - Mourners with bodies for Hindu cremation at Harishchandra Ghat crematorium in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4511 - Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4517 - Indian Hindu pilgrim bathing and praying in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, India

1161-4394 - Hindu pilgrim with turban at Dashashwamedh Ghat in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, India

1161-4548 - Hindu men and women queue to visit Temple at Vijaya Nagaram Ghat during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India