Northern India, 12-29 October 2007
Varanasi
Various scenes from around Varanasi/Banares/Kashi
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School children
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Varanasi viewed from Hotel Temple on Ganges. The pink tower in the middle is at Nepali or Lalita Ghat. The Alamgir Mosque is visible to the right.
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Loads of lingams at Assi Ghat
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Flower seller outside the Shitala Temple at Dashashwamedh Ghat
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Carved wood doors at the Nepali Temple
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The Ganga from Man Mandir
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Children arriving for school
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The birth of the Ganga from a crocodile, represented in a carving at the Nepali Temple
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The Lalita Kund (tank)
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Wall paintings
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Street sellers
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Lalilta Kund
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Calves
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Some girls would kill for that hair-do.
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Wall paintings near Lalita Kund
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The Nepali Temple
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Hall of Jai Singh's palace at Man Mandir Ghat
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This is not even rush hour.
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Varanasi by night, seen from Assi Ghat
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Wall paintings
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The Nepali Temple
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Cross-roads
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View of Dashashwamedh Ghat from Man Mandir
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Wall paintings
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Those look good.
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Jai Singh's observatory at Man Mandir Ghat
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We love these Indian door locks!
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Dashashwamedh Road, one of the busiest in Varanasi
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View from Man Mandir
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