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Architectural building, Religious site
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Golden Temple (Kashi Vishwanath) Varanasi
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Varanasi Feb 04, 2012
Entry containing 12 photos titled: Dancing, My Room, Morning, Ghats, Sahdu, Ceremony, Morning , Laundry, Temple, Buddha, Stupa, Flags
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The Holy Ganges, moving, disturbing and alarming!
... burning sites as bodies lined up to be burnt and a half finished cremation took place in frount of us... We also visited the golden temple and wandered endlessly in search of the best samosa (once our appetite had recovered), this was to become a theme ...
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I see dead people.....
... but ended up going the wrong way - I gave up in the end. Met Steve and Jolene and we went to try and find the Golden Temple. Unfortunately they wouldn't let us in with cameras (the case with most of the temples in Varanasi). I then headed off again to ...
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Varanasi - the Holy dump
... allowed inside and not allowed to take photographs either. So we learnt very little and saw even less. This was a pity because the Golden Temple is supposed to be stunning. We managed to find our way to the main road only by navigating the slimy lanes ...
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Holi Cows
... - all those good bacteria, and all those potentially lethal ones. Further on, I'd stop to talk to the police outside the Golden Temple, my favourite religious nic nac shop and my favourite clothes shop man. I'd pass the man that ran the most ...
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City of God
... us to the top floor of his shop to a single window which opened up to an amazing view of the Varanasi city line and of course the golden temple. It is called that in English because the entire dome is solid gold and inlaid with precious stones. There ...
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Last day in Varanasi
... . Was he lying? He never met me when he said he would. I saw him later that night and he said "We go now to the Golden Temple" (another name), and I said "No" I was in route for the hotel and tired. I wondered if I had passed up a chance of the ...
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Why I love Varanasi
... mid day frenetic speed. Pujas take place along the ghats with flowers floating down the river. Accompanying this aesthetically beautiful scene a dead dog floats by. So many contrasts in this incredible city. I am off to Amritsar and the Golden ...
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Day 33 - 36 : Varanasi and the Ghats
... of monkeys in and around the temple which are looked after by the people there), Vishwanath temple in the Varanasi University campus and finally the Golden temple in the Old town. After this I headed to Manikarnika. This is also known as the burning ...
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Varanasi
... , and so therefore it was ok. We mooched among the narrow lanes, having to evade the bulls, and went to see the Golden Temple, a site of controversy as there is both mosque and temple on the same grounds, and both want the other evicted, and ...
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Varanasi
... nice and quiet (for India) and they have a museum with lots of interesting old sculptures and paintings. We even went to the Golden Temple, which is supposed to be only for Hindus. It was a little akward, but in the chaos of India there are ...
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