hearth for burning bodies , at a ghat along the Ganges

It was a brisk morning by Varanasi standards , so these dogs were sleeping on the stone hearth that had been warmed the night before , by the Pyre of a cremation .

India , Varanasi

January 6th 2009
I arrived in Varanasi yesterday after dark , so I found a hotel room and crashed , But I did get up real early this morning and went for a walk along the ghats , Varanasi is considered a very holy city , and the ghats are basically steps that lead down to the river Ganges , but there are many different type's of ghats , some are primarily used for bathing others for clothes washing , but ma ... 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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