The World of XPILAR - LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART CONTEST WEEK #051 The river of salvation

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The photo was taken at sunrise in Varanasi, India. River Ganges is seen as a river of salvation. To Hindus a bath in the Ganges has a great positive impact. It erases bad karma. The river bank consists of a continuous series of bathing places and cremation sites. From a boat trip on the river, we witnessed to some of the most intimate rituals that relate to life and death are performed in full public by the city's "ghats".


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