Boats on the Ganges

Varanasi

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September 30th 2007
Namaste, I am writing this from Delhi. Sean and I are feeling better after a couple of bouts with some fierce stomach bugs. Delhi is massive and more modern than other parts of India we have seen. I am including pictures from Varanasi. This was the first place we went in India. It is a very holy place for Hindus. They come to bathe, wash clothes and cremate the dead in the Ganges. The Gang ... 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