Photo Essay | A prayer and a class 6 Photos . Updated: 22 Nov 2014, 12:25 AM IST Livemint A photographer's pilgrimage to Vedic schools shows a world revolving around the ancient language. In images. 1/6Photographs by Joydip Mitra. A class in the courtyard of a Hindu temple in Varanasi. 2/6Students of the Sanskrit Pathshala in Udupi, Karnataka. 3/6Playmates in a small pool in the compound of the Sanskrit Pathshala. 4/6Boys from Vedic schools in Varanasi help during the Ganga ‘arti’ 5/6In Majuli, Assam, physical training sessions are part of the Sattriya Nritya regimen. 6/6Boys take time out at a Vedic school in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh.