A Hindu devotee does meditation on the bank of River Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 13, 2014. Varanasi, an Indian city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, is the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism, and played an important role in the development of Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)