Prayer to the Gods, Varanasi.

One of the most noticable things one sees when travelling through India is the presence of religion in every part of the lives of the people. It seems just about every action of a person has some element of prayer within it. This is especially true of Varanasi where the entire city throbs literally pulses with it. Above the man in this photo are three paintings of the gods Shiva on the left, Parvarti on the right and their son Ganesh in the middle.