Miasto wdów w Indiach - Redux

Danwanti holding a portrait of her spiritual leader (guru) on December 8, 2015. Danwanti married her husband (than 25) at the age of 15. After three y...

Kiran Dasi (97) came from Bangladesh to Vrindavan in 1998. She wanted to devote her life to Krishna after her only daughter founded her own family. T...

Bani Mukharji sitting on her bed in an ashram in Vrindavan on December 2, 2015. She has three children, who abandoned her after her husband passed awa...

Mahanu Dashi (68) came from Assam to Vrindavan many years ago. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is home to about 22.000 widows. Wid...

A widow is walking barefoot through a street in Radhakund, a small village close to Vrindavan, India. Hindus regard the location as the holy birthplac...

Sushila Pal (76) became a widow at the age of 26. She came from West Bengal to Vrindavan 20 years ago. She has no children and no one to look after he...

A group of widows is walking through the streets of Vrindavan on November 27, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is home to abou...

A widow is watching a soap opera in her ashram's community room on November 25, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is home to ab...

A widow standing on a window of her ashram in Vrindavan on November 25, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is home to about 22.0...

A widow is walking through a small street in Vrindavan, India on November 24, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is home to abou...

Besaki Dasi (75) on the way from her ashram to beg in the streets. She came to Vrindavan 35 years ago. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, In...

Kali Kund (75) married at the age of 18. Her three sons and one daughter abandoned her after the demise of her husband, 14 years ago. The small town...

Portrait of a widow in the street. Windu Das (85) came from West Bengal to Vrindavan many years ago. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, Indi...

A widow is begging in the streets of Vrindavan on November 24, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is home to about 22.000 widows...

A group of widows is singing devotional songs in their ashram in Vrindavan on November 24, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India is...

A group of widows is performing a religious ceremony inside their room in an ashram in Vrindavan on November 23, 2015. The small town of Vrindavan, U...

Two widows comforting each other after an emotional breakdown. Sachirani Dasi (left) (70) became a widow at the age of 45. She has no children. Chapla...

Two widows comforting each other after an emotional breakdown. Sachirani Dasi (left) (70) became a widow at the age of 45. She has no children. Chapla...

A widow is standing outside her ashram while a group of women is passing by. Widows in India are expected to wear white clothes and abstain from weari...