Sankhadeep Banerjee
Photojournalist Documentary Photographer
A family of Hindu devotees carries an idol of Hindu deity Ganesh to their home in a taxi, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai on 07 September 2024. Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day long Hindu religious festival which celebrates the birth of Ganesh, the Hindu god of prosperity.
A group of boys clings to a vehicle on a waterlogged street, after a night of heavy rains in Mumbai on 21 July 2024.
A man reacts as he holds the body of his three-day-old grandson who died from respiratory problems, at a hospital in Kolkata on 01 March 2023. The eastern Indian state of West Bengal is witnessing a spike in adenovirus cases, according to local media reports.
An activist of Students' Federation of India (SFI), a leftist students' organisation, lies on a footpath after Police obstructed their anti-government demonstration, in Kolkata on 11 February 2021.
Hindu devotees cook a rice dish as an offering to the Hindu sun god on the occasion of Pongal festival, in Mumbai on 15 January 2024. Pongal is a Hindu religious festival, which is observed mainly by the Tamil community in order to celebrate the success of harvest and to convey their gratitude to the sun and nature.
A LGBTQ activist poses for photographers during a pride parade, organised to spread awareness regarding LGBTQ community, in Mumbai on 03 February 2024.
A Sadhu or Hindu holy man makes his way to the beach after taking a dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of the Hindu religious festival of ''Makar Sankranti'' (commonly known as ''Gangasagar mela'') at Sagar Island, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, on 15 January 2023.
A girl lights candles at the doorway of her house on the occasion of the Hindu religious festival of Diwali, at a slum area in Kolkata on 24 October 2022.
A woman carries her baby as she returns from a dry well after collecting drinking water for her family, at Chintaman Wadi village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on 12 May 2023. Despite being surrounded by dams, such as, Bhatsa, Tansa and Vaitarna, the residents of the area suffer from shortage of drinking water during summer season as the wells dry up very quickly.
Devotees from the Matua community, a sect of lower caste Hindus, react as they dance during the 211th birth anniversary celebration of their late spiritual leader, Sri Sri Harichand Thakur, at Thakurnagar village, around 65 kilometres north of Kolkata on 30 March 2022.
Hindu devotees ride a fishing boat as they venture into the Arabian sea in order to immerse the idols of Hindu deity Ganesh, during Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai on 23 September 2023.