Northern India, 12-29 October 2007
Varanasi - the Ghats
On the ghats
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Alamgir Mosque
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Demolition worker
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Chet Singh's palace
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Alamgir Mosque
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All that is left of the original Vindu Madhan Temple are the two statues beside the door...
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Alamgir Mosque
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Huge piles of wood for burning corpses
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The Indian national game seems to be cricket.
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A happy-looking sadhu
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Manakarnika Ghat, the main burning ghat
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Hold your nose and ...
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Nepali Temple
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The baskets hold lighted candles in the evening.
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Demolition workers
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... dunk!
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Worshippers at Dashashwamedh
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A clean-looking temple at Panchaganga Ghat
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Clowning Brits, who pretended only to have actually gone swimming
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Boater
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The New Vindu Madhan Temple
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Bathers and worshippers
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"Onze fen�tres sur le Gange" (Eleven windows on the Ganges)
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... one of Garuda ...
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... and one of Hanuman
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Boys at the sunken temple
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Flats to let?
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A huge linga, covered with brass
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Towards the Alamgir Mosque (Aurangzeb's Mosque)
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Leaving Dashashwamedh Ghat by boat
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Assi Ghat, with sand still left from the monsoon flooding
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Kite flying
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New Vindu Madhan Temple
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An effigy left over from the last festival
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Dashaswamedh Ghat
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A libation for the holy river
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Looking north toward the bridge on the Ganga
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Steep stairs at Phanchaganga Ghat
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Meanwhile, back at Assi Ghat, cricket continues.
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Strong man
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They actually swim in it!
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Ducks and pilgrims -- in a full boat
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