Vrindavan Widows Take Shelter In Sulabh Home

VRINDAVAN, INDIA - JUNE 13: A woman walks past a corridor inside an ashram shelter for widows on June 13, 2013 in Vrindavan, India. Sulabh International launched a monthly pension scheme in Vrindavan a few months ago giving every widow Rs 2,000 per month and taking care of their health requirements. The area has become host to widows from all over India, the bulk of them from Bengal. The widows are shunned from society when their husbands die, not for religious reasons, but because of tradition, and because they're seen as a financial drain on their families, they pass their days in abject poverty, begging in the streets or outside temples. (Photo by Nicky Loh/Getty Images)