Main Road Varanasi

Varanasi in Retrospect

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December 15th 2017
A few comments on Varanasi in retrospect (don't believe Sue Perkins!) This higgledy piggledy city built behind the Ganges river front which is made up of temples, burning ghats, bathing ghats & palaces. No cars, and the nearer you get to the river, no motorbikes or scooters either. So you would think it would be quieter. Wrong. Befor sunrise each morning there is a cacaphony of noises f ... 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