INDIA | Monday, 8 July 2013 | Views [982] | Comments [2] | View Larger Image
Karmic cycle.
when devotees perform their rituals, they often present an offering of coins to the river. Young street urchins like this one then fish for these coins using a magnet array. This lad was likely new to it, he only had a single small magnet his string, and was timid, almost ashamed. Others were confident and with defiance in their eyes, used huge magnet arrays, up to a meter long to harvest coins from the shallows.
it was an incredible insight to observe the reactions they received; while some accepted them as part of the cycle, perhaps feeling in-turn, through their devotion the gods are providing money for these children. Some showed distain, and it seemed they felt they were undermining their ritual by stealing the coins they'd offered
