Visual Project Management | Grant Work: Where Women Rule - Widows of Varanasi: Women_017

Ratan Devi Mata, 82 years old, enters Birla ashram in Varanasi, India on January 05, 2019. Ratan is originally from Nepal. After her husband left her for another woman a day following their wedding, she tried to live with her in-laws, but daily fighting motivated her to join the ashram instead. Ratan believes she will attain Moksha (release from the cycle of rebirth) if she dies here. She receives a monthly pension of 2,000 rupees from Sulabh International.