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Varanasi

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January 14th 2009
Varanasi is smelly, dirty, crowded but what a cool place. It's one of the oldest living cities in the world and is the centre of the Hindu universe. Our first evening in Varanasi we took a boat ride up along the ghats where we viewed one of the burning ghats, a sobering sight to see the family surrounding the funeral pyre of their loved one. These pyres burn for about three days, leaving only ash ... 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