Durga Puja prayer ceremony

This was a large prayer ceremony at the the Dasawamedha Ghat on the Ganges. Lots of chanting and bell ringing!

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November 7th 2007
Yet another entry… typed in the wonderfully tech. towns of Gangtok, Sikkim; Darjeeling, West Bengal; and Siliguri, West Bengal. It has taken several attempts to load the photos with the maddening slow connections. But… we came from further south, so we’ll start there… in Varanasi (aka Very Nasty). We were well warned of Varanasi’s high hassle level, and were pleasantly surprised to e ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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