Hotel Clarks Varanasi
S-20 / 54 The Mall Cantt Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221002, India
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Ganga, Shiva, and Buddah
We got up early this morning, before sunrise, to go to the ghats. It was quiet this morningon the river where we are staying, but once we got to the main street leading to the ghats, it was full of people. There was a group of people led by a man dressed in orange, a priest, who were chanting and marching. They were saying, "Om, Lord Shiva!" over …
Peacocks...and other things
India is a very different place. I asked my dad yesterday, "Is there anything that is absolutely perfect in this world, because it seems everything has some kind of flaw. Like, even the peacock, which is beautiful everywhere else, has very ugly legs and feet. (Indrajit told us that the feet and legs are all bone so that when they get bitten by …
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Cows, dogs and holy water: greetings from Varanasi
... a sleeper coach. For anyone who hasn't had the delight to experience this, a sleeper has no air-con, and 8 beds per cabin, arranged in 3 tiers. After a fairly respectable amount of sleep, we awoke to the call of the chai walla, and had a little clay cup of tea in bed.
Varanasi is fascinating. It's one of India's seven holy cities, and an important place for pilgrimages and cremations. ...
New Years Eve - Varanasi to Agra
... The prays took about 45 minutes and consisted of 7 priests performing rituals for each of the elements, fire, water, sense, smell, etc. I am beginning to really like India!
After dinner a few of us went to a local bar near our hotel and had a few beers and a hukka! We went for the Guava flavour and was very nice.
Today I am heading just north of Varanasi to go to the place where ...
Understanding Varanasi
... public. The main burning Ghat was called Manikarnika and although it was our first port of call, it took an hour of rowing upstream to get there.
On the way our boat was approached by a young boy who was selling Aarti’s. The Aarti was another important ritual of the Ganga ghats and was a Hindu ritual, in which light from wicks soaked in purified butter was offered to deities.
The ritual was performed and sung ...



