Ganges

(click on the picture to see more images and then click miniatures to enlarge the photos) India, Agra, on the Ganges River only a few meters away from the Taj Mahal, one of the most visited monument by foreign tourists, a baby, recently deceased, is thrown into the Ganges by family members. While traditional Hindu funerary rituals call for cremation, babies, children, deaths from serpent bites and ascetics are often buried.