Devout Hindus wash and pray on the ghats of Varanasi every morning. The Ganges is life, purity, and a goddess to the Hindus of India. It is said that anyone who touches these purifying waters is cleansed of all sins. This image blends devotion with chaos. It speaks to the intensity of faith itself. The praying woman does not see the whirl of activity around her. Although there are eight people in this picture, I abstract six of them to focus attention on the contrast between the activities of the two women who can be seen in their entirety. The colors of the costumes and the image itself are timeless – the early morning light gives the scene the palette of an oil painting.