The Ganges river is the holy river for the Hindu religion. Varanasi is located by the holy river therefore you will find the daily life of the local residents totally dominated by the Holy river. This is the holy river where the hindu come for bath, laundry, worship, buring the dead body as well as using it as drinking water and bathing the buffalo...all next to each other..holy cow!
Nightly Hindu worship ceremony. Trust me, this is not one of those performance doing it for the tourists.
"The 2010 Varanasi bombing was a blast that occurred on December 7, 2010, in one of the holiest Hindu cities, Varanasi. The explosion occurred at Sheetla Ghat, adjacent to the main Dashashwamedh Ghat, where the sunset aarti, the evening prayer ritual to the holy river, Ganges had commenced, on these stone steps leading to it, where thousands of worshipers and tourists had gathered.[2][3] It killed a two-year old girl, sitting on her mother's lap, the mother was one of three critically injured, more than 38 other people were injured. In the ensuing panic after the blast, a railing broke causing a stampede leading to an increase in the number of injuries."
