Varanasi Photos

early morning on the ganges
Originally uploaded by lamoney.

I've uploaded some of my photos from Varanasi, available here.

They're not in a set as I am not allowed to create any more sets - but the last twenty or thirty odd photos are from Varanasi and they should be the ones that come up first.

I forget to mention the ceremonies on the Ganges that occurred. They had a nightly concert with lots of bells and drums which was quite interesting to watch. More authentic and more interesting though was what you could hear in the mornings. At about 4.30, 5.00, a chanting rang out across the river that was reminiscent of Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom (sorry, I tried to find a more high-brow reference and failed). Getting up and listening to it at that time through the fog was really something. The noise they made sounded incredibly ancient and...well, actually pretty spooky too. You wouldn't go for a walk through the fog listening to that sound anyway.