Jim & Happy : Varanasi evening sights

Every night at sunset there is a Hindu ceremony held at the Ghats.

Due to the high number of pilgrims and tourists there are numerous ceremonies at different Ghats along the river. The ceremony is in honour of the river Ganges – Mother Ganga.

Whilst driving to the river through the heavy traffic Jim says to Deepak how are you handling the traffic? He answers, “ at least in Delhi there are rules and people follow them”, we laughed. They weren’t obvious to us. Sounds like Sydney drivers versus Melbourne drivers.

Deepak parked the car in a car park and we caught two rickshaws from that point along the road a bit of a way and through the market to the Ghat. Jyoti and I went in one rickshaw and Jim and Deepak in the other. It was great to be sitting up high looking at all the sights.

It was a bit difficult to get into the spirituality of the ceremony because of the distractions surrounding us. The boat traffic was frantic. The atmosphere in general was special regardless.

After the ceremony we walked back through the market, no rickshaws for our return trip. It was a mass of people to move through. Jyoti was so sweet and caring she held my hand for most of the way worried I was going to get lost in the thick of it. Whilst Deepak went and fetched the car from the car park Jyoti, Jim and I sat at the traffic police corner and watched the traffic. It is amazing what each and every person is up to at every house of the day in this vast country.