Trip to Varanasi for a conference and took a trip with friends to the Ganges River. Please go to the Internet and get additional information concerning the Ganges River and the city of Varanasi. Very interesting.

Friends at conference

Friend

Ganges River, sand bar in distance

Sand bar

Looking back at the stairs we came down

The view of the "beach" of the Ganges River

Ghats, hotels, businesses all together

Children helping with the rowing and

staying warm

New rowers

a ghat

a ghat and cows

Very hazy, smokey etc.

Another ghat

New rowers

An "offering" headed down the river, a candle with

flower petals

Aarti ceremony

Same

Thousand of people from the boats watching the 

ceremony nightly

Independence Day celebrated at the

conference center.  A dancing school

preformed,  beautiful

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