A view of the Ganges river

The Burning Ghats of Varanasi

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February 18th 2010
Father Anthony had invited us to come and spend some time in the seminary that he runs just outside Varanasi. We politely declined, mostly because I was beginning to feel ill, and was in desperate need of a bathroom, but I didn't want to confess this to the priest! He gave us his phone number and encouraged us to ring him if we had any problems while in Varanasi. We shook hands and then he was ... 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