Burning bodies at night

Varanasi

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February 5th 2011
Varanasi is without a doubt the most amazing place I have ever been in my entire life. This is because of the absolute, unfaltering, total devotion and faith that envelopes the city. No one knows the actual age of the city but it is rumored to be one the oldest in the world at around 300years old. We arrive in pretty high spirits and randomly bumped into Katie, an Irish lass we met getting th ... 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