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Varanasi at people takes on a wholely different atmosphere. I had the wonderful opportunity of in this great Hindu city for a few days, and was thrilled by the sights and sound when people falls. At the Dashaswamedh Ghat on the Ganges, a puja will be at full swing, with sound of bells and chantings. In other places, people life takes on its own Varanasi-style meaning. Along the main road, you can see the people market from your guest house or the balcony of restaurants.
An elderly man at the Ganges in Varanasi.
Deeper in the people, I walked along the Ganges. All was dark and quiet, and on the horizon, I could see the string of city lights. In the narrow galis, as the alleys in Varanasi is called, there was quietness punctuated by flashes of activity as you pass by shrines to any of the multitudes of Hindu deities. I hope that the photographs I have assembled here will provide you at least a glimpse of how it is like at people in Varanasi, though nothing compares to being there yourself.
Photo Album of the People of Varanasi
A naked little boy sitting on a ghat by the Ganges.
This wizened old woman is a dung collector.
A man scavenging for the valuables of the cremated on the Ganges.
A couple bathing from the waters of the Ganges.
Woman passing a small shrine in the Varanasi gali.
Vendors preparing beverage in a sidewalk stall.
An elderly woman at work, while around the corner, an elderly man rests.
A man enjoying siesta by the Ganges.
Bathers lathering up.
Tim on a morning ride along the Ganges.
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