Dec 20, 2008 - Varanasi - religiøsitet i dagligdagen.

By Mette Varanasi er den helligste by i Indien og hed tidligere Benares. ... Ned igennem Varanasi flyder floden Ganges, mudret, brun og uappetitelig for vestlige øjne men velsignet og livgivende for indiske. ... I centrum af Varanasi finder man ”ghats”. ... Det hedder sig nemlig, at chancen for at opnå mushka yyy er større, hvis man bliver brændt i Varanasi og asken (og evt. ... Varanasi er også smalle krogede gader med masser af butikker, hvor der sælges tasker og tørklæder af ”silke”. ...

Dec 19, 2008 - Khajuharo and Varanasi

We're supposed to fly to Varanasi but this is the foggy season in India. ... We're all hoping well fly otherwise it will be an 9-10 hour bus ride and it will alter our schedule for Varanasi. ... We'll be flying to Varanasi - no 9 hour bus ride. ... We have an effortless trip to Varanasi and to our hotel. ... Varanasi is very much like Delhi - it's crowded and poor but it is to Hindu people what Mecca is to Muslims. ...

Dec 1, 2008 - Varanasi

Our car took us to the Delhi Domestic terminal for our 11AM flight to Varanasi. ... This being India, that ended up being out 1:30 flight to Varanasi. ... I talked to the travel desk about getting a car and guide for a evening tour of Varanasi. ... Varanasi is fasinating. ... It is an important holy place for Hindus as, they believe, if you die in Varanasi you immediately go to heaven. ...

Nov 29, 2008 - Varanasi

Namaste, Nous voici a Varanasi, The holy city, la ville la plus sacree d’Inde. ... It was a great stay in Varanasi, We could have stayed a day longer but we had the train tickets booked already. ... I really enjoyed the old city of Varanasi, where Lionel and I got totally disorientated, we found our way back thanks to Ghat, totally on the opposite site that we thought we were. ...

Jul 15, 2008 - INDIA

Well we haven't made an entry in the past three weeks, which have probably been the most action packed weeks of the trip. The first city that we were to experience was Varanasi where mourners from all over India come to burn their dead relatives on the banks of the ganges. ... Here we took two boat tours on the river, one in the morning, to watch people taking their ritual ablutions.Well we haven't made an entry in the past three weeks, which have probably been the most action packed weeks of the trip. The first city that we were to experience was Varanasi where mourners from all over India come to burn their dead relatives on the banks of the ganges. ... Here we took two boat tours on the river, one in the morning, to watch people taking their ritual ablutions....

Jul 3, 2008 - Varanasi and Ganges

I have had a dream of vsiting the Ganges for a long time.must be unclean!!! All in all a very very spiritual and powerful space to be in, I loved it! I will be back in varanasi some day for su ...

Jun 30, 2008 - Varanasi

Soon we were on the 20 past midnight train to Varanasi. ... The situation in Varanasi is as follows: The Ganges is the most holy river in India and it is believed that when you die if you are dipped into the river and then cremated beside it, it ends the cycle of birth and rebirth, essentially entering you into a state of blissful nirvana. ... This is not particularly wise from a health viewpoint however as Varanasi's sewers empty into the river and Varanasi is a reasonably large city. ... This was not the case in Varanasi. ... A telling sign was that whereas in Kathmandu the mourners sat facing the fire, in Varanasi they sat facing the river. ...

Jun 2, 2008 - Varanasi

Now before I get round to it could someone explain why I left the comfort of the mountains to spend time in the furnace that is Varanasi because I'm at a loss to understand my thinking. ... After the Indian Immigration post I ignored the crocodiles as Uncle Aliment would have called them and walked to where I found 2 buses waiting, one for Delhi and one for Varanasi. ... The two guys hanging around outside them guided me onto the Varanasi one andtold me just to take my pack on with me. ... The bus rarely filled up but it was the local bus through every town and village between the border and Varanasi. ... It was still daylight when we arrived in Varanasi and a Rickshaw Wallah offered to take me to Yogi Lodge for Rs50 which is very reasonable. ...

May 2, 2008 - Delhi to Varanasi

So this is my last day in India which i am really sad about and i know i definitely want to come back! we have a long drive to the nepal border tomorrow and am trying to focus on looking forward to a new country rather than leaving one! I am in Varanasi at the moment which is a different place on the Ganges. ... this is where bodies are cremated on the river so ive seen several cremations and a couple of bodies being carried in the streets - all covered of course.So this is my last day in India which i am really sad about and i know i definitely want to come back! we have a long drive to the nepal border tomorrow and am trying to focus on looking forward to a new country rather than leaving one! I am in Varanasi at the moment which is a different place on the Ganges. ... this is where bodies are cremated on the river so ive seen several cremations and a couple of bodies being carried in the streets - all covered of course....

May 2, 2008 - Humanity

” - James Michener There is so much food, there are so many customs, there is so much religion and there are so many people here in Varanasi that it would literally be impossible to reject, ignore, fear and avoid them. ... The food has already made us all sick, the customs keep us wide-eyed every time we step out of our guest house, this is one of the most sacred Hindu places in the world and Varanasi is teeming with people (and cows and goats and dogs and monkeys). ... The Ganges River in Varanasi is one of the holiest places in India - Hindu pilgrims from far and wide come to bathe in the river, which is said to wash away sins. ... Varanasi is also an auspicious place to die because dying here allows for moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death in reincarnation). ... In Varanasi we ate the food, marveled at the customs, honored the religion and lived among the people. ...

Mar 27, 2008 - Varanasi

Isch das e Daag gsi ! Nachere schloflose Nacht waege gwuesse Gruesch im Zug, simmer mit 2 Schtund Vrspoetig im Hotel in Varanasi ako. ... Nacheme super Zmittag hanni mi Einzelzimmer gnosse und bi sofort nach Zimmerbezug iipfust.Isch das e Daag gsi ! Nachere schloflose Nacht waege gwuesse Gruesch im Zug, simmer mit 2 Schtund Vrspoetig im Hotel in Varanasi ako. ... Nacheme super Zmittag hanni mi Einzelzimmer gnosse und bi sofort nach Zimmerbezug iipfust....

Mar 25, 2008 - India - Varanasi

25th March Today we caught a plane from Kathmandu to Varanasi. ... Our plane eventually took off at 4:45pm! We landed in Varanasi at 5:30 pm. ... Shayne 26th March Varanasi is the holiest Hindu place in the world. ... The Ganga, India’s largest river, runs through Varanasi and thousands of pilgrims come everyday to bathe and wash in the sacred water, so what better place to start our day, than on the Ganga river. ... Bishnu is the manager of the hotel we stayed in at Kathmandu and he arranged all our flights and accommodation in Varanasi for us. ...