Morning walk through Kashi

Can it Get Much More Real?

---

June 22nd 2013
Today's entry is written by our guest blogger, Leo Pavliv. After a really thorough shower removing the parts of the Ganges and Kashi that stuck to us the night before, we woke up at 4:15, well before the crack of dawn, to observe the sunrise rituals. We were ahead of most of the traffic on the roads into Kashi and were dropped off with our guide at the main entrance. As we started our ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

---

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