Ritual ablutions

Varanasi Continued as Kashi

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February 23rd 2011
In the evening we attend a very ancient Agori Temple for puja. Having first gone to the wrong temple we are now late. Some of us join the proceedings anyhow and the Hindu worshippers are visibly surprised at our sudden influx. I hang back. I love this temple from the moment I catch sight of the entrance doorway made up of carved skulls. Our friend Ekant has arranged this visit for us and welco ... 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