Varanasi

Varanasi is still a magic city, even if some of the boats are powered by motor now. And of course we visited various projects of the DISCC (Deva International Society for Child Care) with old and new friends from Deva-Europe and visited with our foster daughter, Sampa, and her mother, Vimla.
Varanasi Morning at Assi Ghat Varanasi Young, tired vegetable monger Varanasi Sold for 2 rupees Varanasi Wedding party Varanasi Students with Vimla at Gangotri School
Varanasi Siv and Gangotri students Varanasi The Gangotri classroom Varanasi Shacks along the Assi "River" in Nagwa Varanasi Doms carrying a corpse to the cremation ghats Varanasi View from balcony -- blue and tan
Varanasi Sampa and her dog, Lili Varanasi Vimla, Siv, Sampa and dog Varanasi Beggar at the ghats Varanasi Two ladies at the ghats Varanasi Cow eating offerings
Varanasi This young man wanted his picture taken with his family and Siv Varanasi Leaving on a boat (a motor boat!) Varanasi Tulsi Ghat and John's favorite observation post Varanasi Panchakot House Varanasi Vijayanagaram and Lali Ghats, with Swami Karapatri Ashram, and Kedar Ghat
Varanasi Darbhanga Ghat Ahilyabai, Shitala, Dashashwamedh and Prayah Ghats ... and more Ahilyabai, Shitala, Dashashwamedh and Prayah Ghats ... and more Varanasi Bathers at Dashashwamedh Ghat Varanasi Bathers at Dashashwamedh Ghat Varanasi Goat eating garbage
Varanasi Young worshippers, some with shaved heads Varanasi A shack set up just above the ghat Varanasi Geese! Varanasi View towards the south Varanasi Head shaving
Varanasi Boats and people Varanasi Worshipers at a small, portable shrine Varanasi Crowds Varanasi Ashore above Dashashwamedh Ghat Varanasi A narrow gali
Varanasi It was Shivaratri, a major holy day, and thousands of people were waiting patiently in the heat to visit the Vishwanath (Golden) Temple Varanasi Young ladies in a gali Varanasi A conch-shell band Varanasi Long queues of people Varanasi Dashashwamedh Road
Varanasi Some sort of Hindu dancers Varanasi Small shrines in the evening at Shivala Road Varanasi Temples Varanasi Temples and HUGE loudspeakers Varanasi Pre-sunrise at Assi Ghat. For a description of the dawn ambience at the ghat, see John's blog at Sunrise in Varanasi...please click here.
Varanasi Suddenly, the sun is there above the horizon Varanasi And now it makes an upside-down exclamation point with its own reflection in the waters of the Ganga Varanasi Morning bathers Varanasi Morning sun reflection Varanasi Breakfast cooking at Assi Ghat
Varanasi Dogs curled up together Varanasi An early-morning swimmer Varanasi Chotu at his vegetable stand with his wife and Siv Varanasi How many Deva-Europe members can you get into a tuk-tuk? In the front, Jean-Max, the driver (rather essential...) and Marianne Varanasi Looks llke 6! Siv, Xavier and Jean-Max
Varanasi Deepika's school Varanasi Our favorite intersection Varanasi Young students Varanasi Lungi shop Varanasi An ashram and temple on Shivala Road
Varanasi Vegetable mongers Varanasi Cow asleep in the middle of Shivala Road Varanasi Nice old house falling into ruin Varanasi We took the small road to the right. Varanasi Another neighborhood
Varanasi Goat lunch Varanasi Western tourists Varanasi Real, honest-to-gosh wood workers preparing woodwork for a new hotel Varanasi Lunchtime for a rickshaw wallah Varanasi Above, curious stairs, laundry, and plaques in two languages commemorating something or other.
Varanasi Our young, unrequested guide in front of a small mosque near the Maharaja's Palace and Panchakot House Varan Gali Varanasi Gali