Me and my Holy Man friend

Varanasi - Life on the Ganges

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November 14th 2008
We arrived in India overland on the 13th of November, we caught a bus to Gorekpore, and then an overnight train to Varanasi. Varanasi is a holy place for Hindu people, the river ganges is to them the most holy in the world, they bath here, was their clothes, pray here, and burn their dead. While we were there we stayed right near the river, with ganges views from our rooftop restaurant, while w ... 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