Celebrating Ganga Dussehra

IMAGE: Ganga aarti at the Dasaswamedh Ghat in Varanasi.
Photograph: ANI Photo

IMAGE: Devotees perform the Ganga aarti at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, in Prayagraj.
Photograph: PTI Photo

IMAGE: Devotees take a dip in the Ganga in Prayagraj.
Photograph: ANI Photo

IMAGE: Devotees gather to bathe in the Ganga in Patna.
Photograph: PTI Photo

IMAGE: Devotees bathe in the Ganga in Moradabad.
Photograph: PTI Photo

IMAGE: Devotees gather at the Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar.
Photograph: PTI Photo

IMAGE: Devotees carry the Dev Doli, a palanquin of Goddess Raj Rajeshwari from Tehri Garwal, for ritual immersion in the Ganga at the Har Ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar.
Photograph: ANI Photo

IMAGE: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami floats a diya in the Ganga in Haridwar.
Photograph: ANI Photo

IMAGE: A family get their child's head shaved at the Dussehra Ghat, behind the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
Photograph: PTI Photo

IMAGE: A devotee offers prayers on the occasion in Kolkata.
Photograph: ANI Photo