Flower candles

Varanasi

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December 24th 2006
Up early this morning to watch sunrise activities on the ghats from the same boat as last night. Throngs of other tourists, Indian and foreign, were doing the same thing. All kinds of things going on- bathing and swimming, toothbrushing, laundry, a number of funerals and cremations even at that early hour. One old gentleman swimming energetically towards us called out "Hello everyone! Welcome ... 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