Here is another ‘diya’ picture – an offering to Ma Ganga (the goddess of the Ganges). The lady was doing her own personal puja ceremony by the river, in which a butter candle is lit in offering and then left to float on the river. I don’t know if this was a regular occurrence for her if she had come to Varanasi in pilgrimage especially for this purpose, and of course to bathe in the holy waters. She was one of thousands that would have been bathing and offering ‘puja’ that morning.
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An Enchanted Eye 
Wow, such a beautiful and thought-provoking photo Eleanor. Excellent composition, congrats!
Thanks Jaime!
Love this photo… you have captured the mood so well with such a simple image! :)
Thanks Tracey!