GNG5282916: National museum of India, Delhi. Kali (terrific aspect of Shiva's consort). 19th century A.D., South India, stone. India. / Bridgeman Images

GNG5283014: National museum of India, Delhi. Jain votive plaque (Ayagapatta). Kushana, 2nd century A.D. Kankali Tila, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Mottled red sandstone. Detail. India. / Bridgeman Images

GNG5283021: National museum of India, Delhi. Dvarpala, late Chola, 12th century A.D., South India. Stone. Detail. India. / Bridgeman Images

GNG5283070: National museum of India, Delhi. Siva Vamana. Nagpur, Maharastra. Stone. 5th century C.E. Detail. India. / Bridgeman Images

GNG5283151: National museum of India, Delhi. Buddha's life scenes. Ikshvaku, 3rd century A.D. Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh. Greyish limestone. Detail. India. / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282329: Indian train, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282345: Sadhu procession during Haridwar Kumbh Mela, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282361: Female sadhu (sadhvia) impersonating goddess Kali at Haridwar Kumbh Mela, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282407: Sadhus waiting for a meal to be served in a dharamsala, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282448: Guru and western disciples in Pilot Baba camp at Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282494: Hindu devotee bathing and praying in the river Ganges on the occasion of Lord Rama's day, a Hindu holiday taking place during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282526: Cloth floating on the river Ganges on the occasion of Lord Rama's day, a Hindu holiday taking place during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282559: Hindu couple performing a ritual in Goverdan Radha Kund. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282625: Painting depicting Hindu god Krishna playing a flute outdoors. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282618: Balaram and Krishna murthis in the central alter of the Krishna-Balaram temple, Vrindavan. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282643: Painting depicting Hindu god Krishna playing a flute and fondling a calf. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282652: Detail of a painting depicting Hindu god Krishna with cows. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282688: Ganesh murthi in Goverdan. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282310: Passengers standing and sitting between railway cars, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282724: ISKCON devotee's japa bead bag. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282354: Sadhu with ash on his body attending Haridwar Kumbh Mela, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282370: Vishnu devotee, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282850: Sandipani Muni School for needy girls run by Food for Life Vrindavan. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282890: Worship inside Shri Bankey Bihari Mandir, a notorious Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna in the holy city of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282446: Naga sadhus in their akhara at the Kumbh Mela in Hardwar, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282455: Guru lying on a bed of nails in Pilot Baba camp at Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282486: Thousands of devotees converge in Haridwar to take a dip in the river Ganges on the occasion of Navsamvatsar, a Hindu holiday taking place during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282502: Thousands of devotees converge in Haridwar to take a dip in the river Ganges on the occasion of Navsamvatsar, a Hindu holiday taking place during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282546: Hindu reading a spiritual book on the steps leading to Goverdan Radha Kund. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282578: Painting in Gokul : Krishna as a baby carried over the Yamuna River by Vasudeva. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282649: Painting depicting Sri Radha (Krishna's consort) rowing a boat. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282690: Ganesh murthi in Goverdan. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282701: Devotee making garlands at Krishna-Balaram temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282747: Samadhi shrine (mausoleum) of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, built of pure white marble, in Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh). India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282768: Relief in A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's mausoleum in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. India / Bridgeman Images

GNG5282800: Sandipani Muni School for needy girls run by Food for Life Vrindavan. India / Bridgeman Images