Bathing Ghats
Varansi, India
This view of Varansi, once called Barnares, shows the accumulation of centuries of building and habitation. One of the oldest cities on earth, people have been coming to bath in the river along this bank for millennium.
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India Najones writes:
Varanasi is a place of pilgrimage for Hindus. It is also the place of "Sangam" (lit. union), where three rivers meet. It is the final destination for many, a place where the creamtorial remains are set afloat into the sacred rivers.