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Archive 2019 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

Chez, nice shots, you seem to have a great time there. You will be amazed how it looks like up there in the mountains where it comes from !!

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Many bring plastic jugs to take the water back home for special ceremonies. And yes, I've seen some people actually drinking the water.

Mar 20, 2019 at 07:41 AM

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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

nandadevieast wrote:
Chez, nice shots, you seem to have a great time there. You will be amazed how it looks like up there in the mountains where it comes from !!

Yes all rivers start out pure and clean but it's us humans have our ways to pollute them. Happens to just about every River on earth.

However the Ganges is regarded a Holy River and these pollutants are overlooked as the need to wash away ones sins is just too much of a draw.

Mar 20, 2019 at 08:50 AM

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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

Historically, the source of Ganges is where Bacteriophages (vituses that infect/kill bacteria) were discovered!

Still an active source of biological research.

It is the tanneries and their heavy metal effluents that are more worrisome. They have been actively trying to kill the river in the past decades.

chez wrote:
Yes all rivers start out pure and clean but it's us humans have our ways to pollute them. Happens to just about every River on earth.

However the Ganges is regarded a Holy River and these pollutants are overlooked as the need to wash away ones sins is just too much of a draw.

Mar 20, 2019 at 09:30 AM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

Let's not forget the millions of litres of raw sewage that gets pumped into the Ganges every single day. The fecael counts are off the map in some locations.

It's really a shame as the Ganges is one of the holiest rivers in the world yet it's treated like a cesspool. I'm so amazed at the devotion of the people to bathe away their sins in such water.

Mar 20, 2019 at 06:19 PM

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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

Amazing shots to capture the emotions and lives of people. Great work! Thank you for sharing.

Mar 22, 2019 at 10:31 AM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

Elpinto wrote:
Amazing shots to capture the emotions and lives of people. Great work! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks you Krishant for your kind words. Appreciated.

Mar 22, 2019 at 05:52 PM

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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

I enjoyed this series. My wife is from India and feels that you captured the location well. It is a very sacred place.

Mar 22, 2019 at 10:06 PM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

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I spent 8 days in Varanasi photographing life as it occurs along the Ganges river. The river is the cities life blood, many come daily to the river to pray, bathe, wash away their sins, do their laundry, cremate their loved ones, or just sit along it and meditate or do yoga.

It's an amazing place to wander around, getting lost in the old narrow alleys or just sit down on one of the many ghats and watch people as they go about their daily lives. The early morning ( still dark ) spiritual rituals that are performed by individuals...Show more →
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#1 for me: the woman performing puja

Mar 23, 2019 at 12:33 AM

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p.2 #9 · p.2 #9 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

40Driggs wrote:
I enjoyed this series. My wife is from India and feels that you captured the location well. It is a very sacred place.

Thanks you. That was my intent, to document life along the Ganges.

Mar 23, 2019 at 08:25 AM

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p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

My compliments Chez, AMAZING pics.
I was in Varanasi some years ago' and......yes your photos are showing the right "spirit" of that sacred place

Mar 24, 2019 at 07:53 AM

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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · Varanasi - Life along the Ganges

Alf70 wrote:
My compliments Chez, AMAZING pics.
I was in Varanasi some years ago' and......yes your photos are showing the right "spirit" of that sacred place

Thank you Alfonso. It's great to hear the photos reflect Varanasi in its sacred spirits.

Mar 24, 2019 at 10:53 AM

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