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India - Varanasi

Pictures taken in Varanasi, India.

This ritual is called Ganga Aarti.

Varanasi has hundreds of temples along the banks of the Ganges which often become flooded during the rains. This city, especially along the banks of the Ganges, is an important place of worship for Hindus as well as a cremation ground.

See the wikipedia sites for more info.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganga

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Uploaded on May 26, 2009
Taken on February 4, 2009