May 28th: Benares is Burning

"Morning boat ride"

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Travel story: May 28th: Benares is Burning

Once again I was above, looking down, perched in safety on a dirty balcony of a hospice overlooking the holy Ganges. Below were four sand pits and boats piled high with large logs of chopped wood. In an alleyway to my left, always below me, I could hear the approach of chanting men as they brought in a body on a bamboo stretcher covered in orange and gold cloths.



Elsewhere men carried a simply wrapped mummy in white to the riverbank and dipped it once in the water of the... More