Varanasi - the land of sacred light: Photos 21 to 42

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We heard so much about holy city of Varanasi...that we really had big expectations - dirty river, crowds of people taking baths at numerous ghats, smoke, babas, pujas, ... Another city which didn’t disappoint us.

Varanasi is generally believed to be about 3,000 years old and probably comes in the third place between the worlds oldest cities.
Varanasis culture is associated with the Ganges river and its religious importance to Hindus as a link to their spirituality. The Ganga is believed to have flown from the heaven to wash away the worldly sins of the humankind and that dying in Kashi ensures release of a person's soul from the cycle of its transmigrations. More than 1,000,000 pilgrims visit the city each year.

Life on the banks of the Ganga begins before dawn when pilgrims -men, women and children, come down to the river to wait for the sunrise.
Soon after the sunrise it's time for sellers...boatmen, flower sellers and of course sacred bulls and cows roam around. Total madness...especially on sundays! When we first arrived we thought that this »bathing thing« is nothing that SO special, but one early sunday morning after

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Its seems that you have very close watch on Varanasi, it is true that polluted wated in Rives and too many irregularites in administration all around the Holy cities of India, but local and genral people can't change these system because too many money has been invested in Water treatment plant and its projects but no responsible person who can take these matter seriously like drain system and garbages , where can these peoples throw if local administration not provide the facillity of these thing. One thing sure that peoples of India by Heart very soft and simple they are attached with the natural gifts of the GOD, like water air, trees,animanls in indian culture these have a postion of worship. Hope you will find the some notorious person but very few, it is not i am saying only because i know indians . So come again India you will find change next time.

Its seems that you have very close watch on Varanasi, it is true that polluted wated in Rives and too many irregularites in administration all around the Holy cities of India, but local and genral people can't change these system because too many money has been invested in Water treatment plant and its projects but no responsible person who can take these matter seriously like drain system and garbages , where can these peoples throw if local administration not provide the facillity of these thing. One thing sure that peoples of India by Heart very soft and simple they are attached with the natural gifts of the GOD, like water air, trees,animanls in indian culture these have a postion of worship. Hope you will find the some notorious person but very few, it is not i am saying only because i know indians . So come again India you will find change next time.