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Granpa, G-String, Ganges, Ghat
... and the amount of people involved… Impressive.
There is a special fire in the middle of the Ghat, which is said to have burned and kept burning for the last 3500 years (!). The fire was given to the people by the God Shiva for this purpose. One of the deceased family members (always male because female are not allowed on site anymore after one wife threw herself on top of the burning remains of her husband) will get the fire from Shiva and lights the fire whilst walking ...
Assaulting our senses!
... 300kg’s of wood is used for 1 cremation. We spent a fair bit of time at the smaller burning ghat as not only is it far less touristy and you don’t get hassled as much, but it gives you the opportunity to watch a whole ritual and get a greater understanding of the ceremony. Even though most of the people we have our information from celebrate the same religion, we noted many differences in their explanations, but here is what we learnt from others, our ...
Varanasi - Holy Cow, Holy City
... bathing in the Ganges remits sins. They consider the waters of the Ganges to be both pure and purifying therefore many bath in the river. What the Ganges removes, however, is not necessarily physical dirt (the river is toxic), but symbolic dirt; it wipes away the sins of the bather, not just of the present, but of a lifetime. It is also believed that dying in Varanasi ensures release of a person's soul from the cycle of ...
A nice morning before leaving for home
... There was no discernible fairway on any of them, nor any noticeable transition to the “greens.” I walked over to one of the flag sticks just to see if there was really a cup there, as it would be impossible to putt in the thick grass. Looking around, I saw that one of the holes had been freshly mowed, so it was less rough than the other four, but still nothing like a well groomed fairway that we expect to see, and still no transition to a green. ...
Varanasi and the Ganga
... dessert). Il y avait aussi un très bon ‘lassi shop’ près de notre hôtel, qui servait des lassis avec des morceaux de fruits dedans. En nous promenant, on a croisé des vieux amis, d’abord Franck puis ensuite Kinko, ce dernier qui s’est même baigné dans le Ganges.
Varanasi, also known as Benares, is a holy city situated on the Ganges. We’d heard it incorporated the best and worst of India ...
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