Impressions of Varanasi

"View of Varanasi"

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India Picture by Annette
Travel story: Impressions of Varanasi

The river is calm as we shove off.

Little specks of light float on its edge -

flickering candles set out by early arrivals.

A weather-beaten houseboat drifts in the distance,

toward the Eastern bank of the Ganga....



I remember well how glad I was to finally be on my way to Varanasi. Travelling around India, I would hear on a bus, train, or plane that Varanasi was "overwhelming, simply magic". Armed with such praise for... More