Varanasi - Boy selling puja flowers

These are cups made of leaves, in which they put the orange flowers and a candle. You're supposed to lit one for each member of your family, and speak the name of the family member out loud as you put the cup on the water. It's pretty to watch all the little flames on the river at night.

Varanasi vibes

November 10th 2007
The train ride from Lucknow to Varanasi was my first experience in sleeper class. Huh, I didn't get much sleep. My bed was just next to the entrance of the coach, so next to the toilet and the one place were the men would gather to talk...and the outer doors had windows that couldn't be closed. Oh well, "anipture" ;-) The Finnish girls were on the same train (other coach), and so we spent the f ... 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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