For almost three years, Noroc Mihaela has traveled the world with a backpack and a camera to capture the diversity of female beauty around the world, for her project Atlas of Beauty. For the project’s latest installment, the Romanian photographer spent two months in India photographing women from different regions and backgrounds: from pilgrims in Varanasi to Mumbai street sellers and Bollywood stars.

“I did my best to capture that special feeling of warmth and serenity that comes from the eyes of a woman and inspires our humanity,” says Mihaela. See a selection of her portraits below:

Mihaela Noroc A young Hindu pilgrim making an offering on the Ganges River, in Varanasi.

Mihaela Noroc Since her childhood, this young woman has lived in a small tent on the sidewalk in Mumbai.

Mihaela Noroc The trains of India transport around seven billion passengers around the country every year. Jodhpur.

Mihaela Noroc In a few months’ time she will give birth to her first baby. Delhi.

Mihaela Noroc A girl in Dharavi slum, on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Mihaela Noroc A policewoman in Pushkar.

Mihaela Noroc This woman from Mumbai will turn 100, next year.

Mihaela Noroc A Kalbelia woman at the Pushkar Camel Fair.

Mihaela Noroc A fashion designer from Chennai, visiting the beaches of Goa for vacation.

Mihaela Noroc A young woman in Pushkar, India.

Mihaela Noroc A deaf-mute girl in Mumbai.

Mihaela Noroc At a Christian wedding in Goa, a former Portuguese colony.

Mihaela Noroc India has more than two thousand ethnic groups. I met this Marathi woman in Nashik.

Mihaela Noroc Rajasthani women are famous all over India for their amazing outfits, Jodhpur.

Mihaela Noroc A street seller in Varanasi.

Mihaela Noroc A Tamil woman in Mumbai breaking her fast.