Mukesh Khugsal
Pilgrims en route to the Nanda Devi temple, Uttarakhand, India. Every 12 years, thousands of pilgrims make the 200-kilometer trek through grasslands, fields and glaciers to worship the Himalayan goddess Nanda Devi. Devotees consider the monsoon rains to be the tears of the goddess – just one example of how spirituality cannot be separated from nature for communities in this rural landscape.