Comments on: Sir! Sir! A Post On Touts and Varanasi, India.

By: Nik

Nik — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:30:36 +0000

Thanks for the corrections and insight Joseph-ji.

By: joseph-ji

joseph-ji — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:38:50 +0000

Great photos! Thanks for sharing. In the photo captioned, “People learning how to make incense balls”, what they are actually doing is performing Pinda Daan, or Pinda Puja. These are offerings made for the last rites of deceased ancestors, best done at Gaya but possible in Varanasi. And in your last pic, “Manure Palace”, the cow dung cakes will be taken down as soon as they are dried, then used as fuel for cooking fires. You must have seen the dust from these fires in the air at sunset time. Cheers!

By: c

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:48:02 +0000

wow, that “shanty building”.

By: Nik

Nik — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:12:31 +0000

Hi Cindi. Varanasi, despite it’s hassles has a lot of interesting people watching. Just learn to ignore people. Safe travels.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:04:20 +0000

What beautiful pictures! We are heading to Agra next week and possibly passing through Varanasi on the way to Kathmandu. Looks like an interesting place.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:59:17 +0000

i remember feeling the same way about the touts. sometimes though, when you’re feeling lazy or its the middle of the night, they can be convenient. like riding a current. an expensive current.

great great pictures.

By: maurene

maurene — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:15:04 +0000

Too many interesting images to comment on. Overall: Cool. And also, I’m suddenly grateful for my squeaky clean shower and paved roads.

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Postcard from Varanasi, India — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:31 +0000

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