wood for burning bodies

Next to the burning ghat there are huge piles of wood guarded by a trained goat. Did you know one dead body requires 300kg of wood to burn?!?

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Shana Tova from Varanasi

October 1st 2008
Hi All, First post from my beloved India, words cannot describe the Varanasi experience. They say Varansi is all of India's madness just a hundred times more concentrated, and I just love it. Too overwhelmed to write a lot - i will let the pictures do the talking. Shana Tova to everyone! Love, Maya ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

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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