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Varanasi, also known as Benares, Kashi (city of light), and the "city of temples and learning", is one of the holiest cities of Hinduism, the dominant religion in India (and third in the world). One of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, Varanasi has seen since ancient times a steady flux of Hindu pilgrims who come to wash away their sins with a ritual bath in the Ganges River, or to expire there and be relieved from the cycle of rebirths. Their activity takes place in public on the ghats over the Ganges River. The ghat most frequented by pilgrims is Dasaswamedh ghat, which remains busy past dark, when a beautiful Ganga Arti ceremony takes place. There are about 80 other ghats, all linked through a walkway on the banks of the river. Most are for bathing, but some are for cremation, such as Manikarnika ghat, where fire is believed to have been burning continuously for milenia.

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Ritual bath in the Ganga River at dawn. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Bathing ghats and Ganga River at sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man with arms stretched standing in Ganga River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) People about to bathe in the Ganga River at sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boats and temples of Dasaswamedh Ghat, sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Castle-like towers and steps, Ganga Mahal Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Rowboats on Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Steps of Ahilyabai Ghat and Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women bathing at Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Laundry washed and hanged on Ganges riverbank. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boats and stone steps leading to Ganga River, Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Woman and boy on temple steps, Kedar Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Sadhu. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Huge piles of firewood stacked at Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temples and steps on Ganga riverbank. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganges River at sunset with cremation fire. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Evening aarti on the banks of the Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Young priests open Puja ceremony by blowing a conch-shell. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Pujari (priests) performing arti ceremony in front of large attendance. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Musicians, men carrying lights, and carriage during wedding procession. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Wedding procession seen from above at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Shrine on the banks of the Ganges River at dawn. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women soaking clothes in the Ganges River at dawn. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women on the banks of the Ganga River in rosy dawn light. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Foggy dawn on the banks of the Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men preparing for ritual bath on banks of Ganges River at dawn. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Pilgrims taking a holy dip in the Ganga River at dawn. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Steps of Dasaswamedh Ghat with crowd at sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Hindu men dipping in the Ganges River at dawn. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boats and ghat at sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women standing in Ganga River at sunrise, Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) People worshipping Ganges River, early morning. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Activity on the steps of Dasaswamedh Ghat, early morning. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boat unloading pilgrim onto Dasaswamedh Ghat, early morning. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Hindu pilgrims walk out of boat onto Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) People and boats on the banks of the Ganges River, Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ritual dip into the Ganga River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Dasaswamedh Ghat and Ganges River, sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Gathering on the banks of Ganges River, sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Colorful crowd at the edge of water, Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boats and Dasaswamedh Ghat, sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Colorful crowd on steps of Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganga riverside activity on steps of Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Dasaswamedh Ghat, the main Ghat on the Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boat packed with men near Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boat and stone steps, Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temple and Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Crowds at Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganges River, with boats and Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganges River at night with Ghat lights  reflected. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Lights reflected in the Ganga River at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boat and Dasaswamedh Ghat at the start of evening puja. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Brahmans standing amongst crowd at the begining of evening puja. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Brahmans preparing for evening puja. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Brahmans standing amongst clouds of incense during puja. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Five young Brahmans performing puja ceremony in the evening. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Hindu holy men performing religious arti ceremony. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Holy men lifting chandeliers during evening puja. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boats on the Ganges River at night during arti ceremony. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Worshipers attending arti ceremony at Ganga Seva Nidhi. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Worshipers during evening arti ceremony at Ganga Seva Nidhi. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Sacred cows and ceremony at Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Evening arti ceremony at Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Holy hindu men facing audience during evening arti ceremony. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Aarti ceremony on the banks of the Ganga River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Brahmans performing evening arti ceremony. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Young Brahman performing arti ceremony. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Brahmans giving blessings after evening arti ceremony. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Pujari giving blessings at  Dasaswamedh Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Munshi Ghat and Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man rowing boat beneath Munshi Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Steps of Ahilyabai Ghat and Ganga River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Indian tourists on rawboat surrounded by birds. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Cow and laundry. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men washing laundry on Ganga riverbanks. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man beating dirt out of laundry on Ganges riverbank. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Washing and drying laundry on Ganga riverbank. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Laundry being dried on steps, Kshameshwar Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Laundry being dried, Kshameshwar Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Laundry. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Sadhu sitting next to shrine and laundry. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man carrying a plater in front of wall with inscriptions in Hindi. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Shrine and steps, Kshameshwar Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temple with colorful stripes and steps. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Colorful stripes and steps of shrine at Kedar Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Holy man sitting on temple steps, Kedar Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Woman sitting on temple steps. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Firewood used for cremations. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Cremation at Harishchandra Ghat at sunset. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Cremation fire on banks of Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Rowboats and reflected lights on the Ganges River at dusk. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Sacred cow on the banks of Ganges River at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man standing in Ganga River and boats at sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boat on the Ganges River at sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temples and Ganga River, foggy sunrise. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man sitting on edge of Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganges riverbank with men bathing. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men dipping in Ganga River at Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men after bath on steps of Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganga River at Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganges River at Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Drying out on stone steps of Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Colorful steps at Meer Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women rinsing in river Ganges water. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) People washing cloths, steps, and Indi inscriptions. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Laundry and steps. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Laundry on hand-rail of ghat steps. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man laying out laundry for drying. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Sheep below a sign in English and Hindi. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Pilgrim. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Holy man. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Building near Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Manikarnika Ghat, with piles of wood used for cremation. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Rowboat and Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Manikarnika Ghat, the main burning ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Manikarnika Ghat, most auspicious place to be cremated. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Steps of Manikarnika Ghat with body swathed in cloth and firewood piles. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men attending to cremation, Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Cremation in progress, with another corpse awaiting, Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Hindu temples on the riverbank of the Ganga River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temples on riverbank of the Ganges, Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temples on the banks of Ganges River, Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Ganges riverbank, morning. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Rowboat in front of Scindhia Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Alamgir Mosque above boats and the Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Boats loaded with pilgrims and steps, Manikarnika Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Towers and steps, Ganga Mahal Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Bonsale Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men finishing their bath below the steps of Scindhia Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women dipping feet in Ganga water at Sankatha Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Steps leading to river at Scindhia Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Hindu people on the steps of Sankatha Ghat. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man sitting near unbrella. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Street Gridlock. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Riders waiting in congested street. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man moving devotional image and children on rickshaw. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Mural painting of hindu deity. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Multi-headed Hindu deity. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Bride and groom in a street. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Flower vendor in  narrow old city alley at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Cows in narrow old city street at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Bell ringing during worship in temple. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Old city temple. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Woman selling fabrics at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man selling water jugs and other supplies for pilgrims near the Ganges River. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Vendor near Dasaswamedh Ghat at night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Temple altar by night. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Women walking in street with illuminations. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men carrying bright electric signs during wedding procession. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Uniformed musicians and men carrying lights during wedding procession. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Men pulling generator on bicycle to power lights during wedding procession. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Man firing fireworks in middle of street ahead of wedding procession. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Street and wedding procession by night from above. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white) Street wedding procession bright lights seen from above. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ( black and white)
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