A group of Indian children pose during the Holi Festival in Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India © Linda Scuizzato/shotbywomen

A Naga baba Sadhu stares from his camp covered in traditional Ash that covers his body. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a da... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Naga Baba Sadhu sits naked except for a garland of flowers around his neck. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Sadhu takes his evening chai before he rests in his temporary camp during his visit to the Kumbh Mela away from the crowds gathering in Ujjain, India, 2016.~The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual g... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

The Rohingya are described as world's most persecuted minority" Originally a muslim ethnic group from Myanmar, which is a Buddhist majority nation, they were refused citizenship and were murdered,... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

The Rohingya are described as world's most persecuted minority" Originally a muslim ethnic group from Myanmar, which is a Buddhist majority nation, they were refused citizenship and were murdered,... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

The Rohingya are described as world's most persecuted minority" Originally a muslim ethnic group from Myanmar, which is a Buddhist majority nation, they were refused citizenship and were murdered,... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

The Rohingya are described as world's most persecuted minority" Originally a muslim ethnic group from Myanmar, which is a Buddhist majority nation, they were refused citizenship and were murdered,... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

The Rohingya are described as world's most persecuted minority" Originally a muslim ethnic group from Myanmar, which is a Buddhist majority nation, they were refused citizenship and were murdered,... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

A Kushti Wrestler does a head stand during excersises in the sacred Ankara gym, off Cotton Street Kolkata, India The ancient Indian form of wrestling has been practiced for centuries. Local men... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Kushti Wrestlers take a breath after competing in their Ankara, off Cotton Street Kolkata, India The ancient Indian form of wrestling has been practiced for centuries. Local men arrive around dawn... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

An Indian woman smiles while working in a field in Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India, © Linda Scuizzato/shotbywomen

Three Indian children pose by their shared bicycle © Linda Scuizzato/shotbywomen

Meals on Wheels food vendor sits on the steps of the carriage to look at the view from on board the Second Class Sleeper train from Madgoan in Goa to Kochi in Kerala India. © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A elderly man looks out of the train window bars showing the length of the train on the station platform.passenger travel Second Class Sleeper carriage from Madgoan in Goa to Kochi in Kerala India. © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A family travel in the Second Class Sleeper carriage from Madgoan in Goa to Kochi in Kerala India. © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Naga Baba Sadhu sits in his camp covered in bees and necklaces as he waits for donations to bless pilgrims.The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 millio... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Naga Baba Sadhu stares from his camp. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India, who believe bathing... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Naga Baba Sadhu stands naked except for a garland of flowers around his neck. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from a... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A young boy living at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A young girl living at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A young girl living at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

An old woman living at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A young boy living at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A man employed at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including the... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Children working at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including th... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A man employed at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole families, including the... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A young girl living at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A woman and her infant child living at a construction site. Men, women and children from Odisha and West Bengal at a construction site in Bengaluru, India. Poverty and lack of jobs motivates whole fam... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Statues of Deities adorn the road sides around Ujjain. India~Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

The Naga camp is lined with Naga (naked) Sadhu's offer blessings to pilgrims in exchange for small offerings.~Naga Sadhus are a particular group of Shaivite saints who reside in the Himalayan Caves an... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Candy Floss seller on the back streets of Ujjain, India © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A pilgrim to the Kumbh Mela 2016 dries her sari in the sun after bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain, India. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attra... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

A Bead and Bindi Vendor takes shelter under the temporary awning of his shop away from the crowds gathering in Ujjain, India, 2016.~The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and a... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Close up of an elephant's foot, which is chained, as an elephant trainer bathes a temple elephant in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Elephant trainers bathe a temple elephant in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Elephant trainers bathe a temple elephant in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Elephant trainers bathe a temple elephant in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Elephant trainers bathe a temple elephant in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Elephant trainers bathe a temple elephant in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Elephant trainers feed and care for temple elephants in Kozhikode (Calicut) in the state of Kerala, India. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

07 January 2023. Uttarayan Celebrations. Ahmedabad. India: The international Kite Festival of Ahmedabad is held on January 14 annually. During the week before, walking around the streets, you can see... © Larissa Rolley/shotbywomen

07 January 2023. Uttarayan Celebrations. Ahmedabad. India: The international Kite Festival of Ahmedabad is held on January 14 annually. During the week before, walking around the streets, you can see... © Larissa Rolley/shotbywomen

07 January 2023. Uttarayan Celebrations. Ahmedabad. India: The international Kite Festival of Ahmedabad is held on January 14 annually. During the week before, walking around the streets, you can see... © Larissa Rolley/shotbywomen

07 January 2023. Uttarayan Celebrations. Ahmedabad. India: The international Kite Festival of Ahmedabad is held on January 14 annually. During the week before, walking around the streets, you can see... © Larissa Rolley/shotbywomen

07 January 2023. Uttarayan Celebrations. Ahmedabad. India: The international Kite Festival of Ahmedabad is held on January 14 annually. During the week before, walking around the streets, you can see... © Larissa Rolley/shotbywomen

Street portrait of an old Indian lady with grey hair and bindi, smiling, wearing an orange and red scarf stood in front of an orange wall outside the temple in Gokarna December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Street portrait of an old Indian lady with grey hair, orange checked scarf stood in front of an orange wall outside the temple in Gokarna December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Portrait of two young beautiful Indian girls standing, hugging, wearing blue, one holding a stick and with her thumb in her mouth, in front of a bright orange building with school notes ont the floor... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Portrait of two young beautiful Indian girls hugging and smiling, wearing blue, in front of a bright orange building. Taken in Gokarna December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Street portrait of an old Indian lady with grey hair, bindi, gold nose stud, colourful beads, smiling, wearing a purple dress in front of a purple wall, selling flowers outside the temple in Gokarna D... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A sadhu, Hindu holy man sits cross legged, wearing orange robes, beads and red headdress outside a yellow building with a blue cupboard. raising his hand in a wave, in Gokarna, India December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Street portrait of an old Indian lady with grey hair, bindi, gold nose stud, colourful beads, smiling, wearing a purple dress in front of a purple wall, selling flowers outside the temple in Gokarna D... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

An Indian hindu man sitting on steps outside a home, holding his hand to his mouth and conteplating, barefoot in white robes, with grey hair and holy ash on his face from the temple, the building is b... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Indian street scene with market sellers, men and women, sitting down on the pavement and standing, some talking to each other, in front of a bright yellow and green building, with parked motorbikes, i... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Smiling old Indian lady who sells flowers outside the temple in Gokarna, wearing a blue dress and cream scarf, taken in December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Indian lady dressed in blue with an orange headscarf, stood outside a building with orange walls and wooden doors, holding vegetables, in Gokarna, India, in December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Portrait of an Indian lady, wearing colourful clothes, a red and orange headscarf and bindi, taken in the street in Gokarna December 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A hindu pilgirm wearing orange robes sits outside an orange building, with his mobile phone to his ear, 2 motorbikes are in front of him and a sanskrit sign to his right, showing the mixing of modern... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Known as Lucky, this man with soulful brown eyes is from Kashmir, wears a hat and white scarf. He has a fascinating life story, having left home at the age of 7 and being a black sheep of the famil... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A woman carries a basket on her back, from the fields in Turtuk, Ladakh, She is wearing pink and purple with a red headscarf, walking along a path next to the open drainage system, cosmos flowers a... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A beautiful India girl wearing a blue top with amazing eyes outside her home with orange walls and peeling paint in Gokarna, India, taken in December 2019. © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A beautiful Indian girl smiles, wearing a blue t-shirt and holds a stick outside her home with orange walls and peeling paint in Gokarna, Karnataka, India © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

The wide river valley of the river Shyok in Ladakh, with trees in the foreground and mountains stretching off into the distance. © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Fluffy white Clouds and mountains are reflected in the still water of a lake in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh. © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

The giant 32 metre colourful Maitreya Buddha statue at Diskit Monastery in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh, with a blue sky and fluffy white clouds, taken in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

Colourful sanskrit writing on stone tablets at Diskit Monastery with the backdrop of the Nubra Valley and mountain behind them. Taken in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A lone cow brazes on the flood plains in the Nubra Valley. The water is still and the mountains and clouds are perfectly reflected. Taken in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A farmer with a cap and stick walks behind his cow and calf over a metal bridge across a mountain river in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh. Poplar trees are in the distance in front of the mountains. Taken i... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

An emerald coloured mountain river flows fast over it's rocky bed with mountains either side and white stupas in the distance © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

An empty road in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India, with steep moutains either side made of black rocks and sand by the roadside, taken in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

An empty road vanishes into the distant steep mountain valley in Nubra region of Ladakh, with red and white rocks, taken in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A hindu holy pilrgrim man wearing orange robes talks on his mobile phone whilst sitting outside an orange building and next to 2 parked motorbikes whilst another male pilgim wearing yellow robes walks... © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

A motorbike with canvas panniers parked next to some posts with colourful prayer flags, in front of a white stupa and distant snow capped mountains and blue skies in Leh, Ladakh. August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen

An empty road vanishes into the distance with big rocky mountains made of brown and green rocks, next to the Shyok River, taken in August 2019 © Beth Wild/shotbywomen