15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
Floating carcass in Varanasi
Poor families, who cannot afford to buy enough firewood for the cremation, dump partially burnt dead bodies into the Ganges river in India. Unregulated disposal of more than 3000 human cadavers and 6000 animal carcasses into the Ganges every year pose a serious health risk to the people dependent on it.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 06.2016 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2017 |
Photo Location: | Varanasi, India |
Camera: | NIKON D800 |
Copyright: | © Harikrishna Katragadda |