Thursday, January 24, 2013

Evening Puja, Varanasi

Each evening in Varanasi at the Main Ghat the evening Puja ceremony takes place, it's a ceremony I'd photographed previously from the Ghat itself but I'd never experienced seeing it from the waters edge.
We found a boat man willing to take us there (not hard to find in Varanasi) and after the obligatory haggling over the price we glided up the river to where it was taking place. Aside from being visually stunning the sound is also amazing as you hear all the chants being broadcast from speakers accompanied with a din of bell ringing.
As is customary we also lit a few candles as offerings to the river and send them gliding off along the river watching each flickering candle disappear off into the distance. Was really something



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