Bathing ghat at Benares, India Grampians National Park angels above and clerics bowing

angels above and clerics bowing

Lake District - A couple stand at the waters edge at Ullswater 19 March 1963

a cloak of embroidered blue cloth

A spectator watches as Cobb's car speeds past on the steep banking above him during a race at Brooklands

Bathing ghat at Benares, India Grampians National Park angels above and clerics bowingBathing ghat at Benares, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Benares (Varanasi) is a major place of pilgrimage for Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists alike. The city has 3 miles of ghats (steps) along the banks of the Ganges, from which Hindus bathe in the sacred river. In addition there are burning ghats, from which the ashes of the cremated are scattered over the water. Benares contains a remarkable total of 1500 temples. Lantern slide.