Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) feeding on food given by local people for the god Hanuman. Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Pete Oxford / Mising tribe, Vishnu Vait Hindu Monk, sitting on steps outside monastery, Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River, Assam, North East India. October 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Man praying at temple on banks of the Ganges, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Priests in organe and gold robes conducting religious festival on banks of the Ganges, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / People placing lanterns on the river, an offering to the Ganges during religious festival. Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Portrait of priest with painted face wearing turban, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014l.

Loic Poidevin / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) stealing leaves from arrangement of flowers, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India.

Loic Poidevin / Lanterns floating on the river surface, an offering to the Ganges during religious festival. Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh , India, March 2014.

Axel Gomille / Panoramic of Varanasi and the River Ganges, considered the holiest city of Hinduism, Ghats, Uttar Pradesh, India. February 2012.

Axel Gomille / Kumbh Mela, a large Hindu pilgrimage, in which Hindus gather to bathe in the Ganges, Haridwar, India. April 2010.

Axel Gomille / Pilgrims praying at the Ganges river, Varanasi, India. February 2012.

Axel Gomille / Kumbh Mela, a large Hindu pilgrimag, iin which Hindus gather to bathe in the Ganges, Haridwar, India. April 2010.