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... so), messy, dirty, noisy and stunningly beautiful once you're along the river banks of the Ganga--the Ganges--one of India's most sacred rivers for Hindus. All those National Geo and Discovery Channel programs I've seen about scraggly old bearded holy ...
... with a Robert De Niro accent) And I do know now that I don't want to be dipped in the oogy Ganga after I kick it! It's just these kinds of little, inconsequesntial thoughts that seem to occur to you when you're travelling, especially in India...
... from Nov 1980 say it is outside Varanassi also known as Benares. K15 photo "Saranath, outside Varanassi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India Deer Park -- Buddha's first sermon after enlightenment. Stupa originally 3rd C. BC - rebuilt" " ...
... para esta cidade. Chegando a Varanasi, ja' podemos elege-la, sem sombra de duvidas, como a pior cidade da India, que ja visitamos, e consequentemente, e' a pior cidade do mundo. Os detalhes eu contarei quando conseguir achar uma Internet decente e limpa ...
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World's Oldest Cities
Posted on Oct 7, 2009, 23:46:47
... cant help this 20. Varanasi, India Earliest inhabitation: 1,000 BC Situated on the west bank of the Ganges, Varanasi - also known as Benares.... Mark Twain: "Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks ...
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