People washing themselves in a sacred river, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920between 1915 and 1925"Pilgrims of India. They are trying to wash away their sins by bathing in a "sacred" river." Hundreds of people are washing themselves in a river. They are crowding in from the shore and the buildings near the shore. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].still image