Global Eye: Bihar, India

Flying the Rails by Elizabeth Marx

Photographer: Elizabeth Marx, France.

Getting the Shot: This was shot in the Sultanganj Railway Station in Bihar, North India. It was 4 a.m., [and we were] getting off the Farakka express coming from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

The Details:  The train was crowded with orange-clad pilgrims, as every year during the month of Shraavana (July-August) devoted to Shiva. The pilgrims come to bathe in the Ganga River, fill pots of water, and pursue their journey on foot up to Babadam, 108 km further, where there is a famous Jyotirlinga [a shrine to Lord Shiva].

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