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Tuesday, 26 September 2017

VARANASI Picture no 311

















This is the Goddess adorned and worshiped on DURGA PUJA Festival in october every year

 

Saturday, 23 September 2017

Saturday, 16 September 2017

VARANASI Picture no 304

Tomorrow is Vishwakarma Puja------a day of rest and a festival for the skilled workers and craftsmen. All the factories and big organisations celebrate this Day with great enthusiasm. A statue made of mud is bought and decorated,----the next day this statue is taken to the river and immersed in the river Ganges followed all the way in a procession of dancing and singing men and boys (often drunk)

Sunday, 10 September 2017

VARANASI Picture no 301

The monkey fiddling with the electric wire balancing on a pole is a very common sight in Varanasi.
Occasionally we hear of a monkey getting electrocuted.
The population of monkeys in durga-kund and Sankat mochan Temples is growing day by day.

Saturday, 9 September 2017

VARANASI Picture no 300

Every Year on the fifth day of september we celebrate TEACHERS DAY all over India--------It is the birthday of Dr Radha Krishnan.

Thursday, 7 September 2017

Wednesday, 6 September 2017

VARANASI Picture no 298

There is a very big congregation of Catholics in Varanasi.The picture shows the celebration of the feast of St Monica.

Saturday, 2 September 2017

VARANASI Picture no 294


LIME-VILLA VARANASI
A GUEST HOUSE FOR BED AND BREAKFAST ON THE RIVER SIDE                                INDIA

Friday, 1 September 2017