Left for Varanazi airport at 12:30 pm. Then a 1.5 hour flight to Delhi, checked into our hotel for a 2 hour stay, dinner at 7 pm, transfer to airport at 8:30 and check in for our 11:30 pm flight. Yikes.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Day 16 - Varanasi to Delhi
Started the day with a yoga and meditation class. Then an Indian breakfast, masala dosa.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Day 15 - Varanasi
Early morning, 5:30 am departure from hotel. We drove down to the Ganges, boarded a boat for another cruise on the river.
From the boat, we watched people on the ghats , stairs, performing yoga, washing clothes, taking a dip in the river, and offering flowers and incense to the river.
Laundry
Bathing
The young in training to become priests
Floating flowers with candle - offering to the river
Priest
The river is a circle of life, very interesting.
Back the hotel around 8:00 for breakfast. Greeting the doorman.
Next was Sarnath, the ancient Buddhist learning center. This is where Gautama Buddha preached for the first time.
The pilgrims put gold foil on the bricks as an offering.
We walked clockwise around the stupa 5 times - good luck.
Nearby is the new statute of Buddha to replicate the one destroyed by the Taliban.
Tomorrow, a yoga and meditation class, flight to Delhi, and flight back home.
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