On the way to Manikarnika ghat. Varanasi

..were the body will be burned, no ladys allowed; behind, a pan seller

Family's devotion. Varanasi

Ganga puja. Varanasi

Gipsy musicians. Varanasi

For a wedding on the ghat, gipsy musicians are playing drums.

Reading the mantras. Varanasi

The old lady. Varanasi

The day after holi, you can see the splashing color on the shop wall behind the old lady head.

Silhouette. Varanasi

Near a temple in a back street, not so far from Manikarnika ghat, the cremation one.

Walking by. Varanasi

The crossing I. Varanasi

For holi every area burn a tree like here in this crossing, we are one day later, the tree is still consuming , the sidewalkers don't care anymore about it.

Death of a young monkey. Varanasi

Probably killed by a car in a Varanasi street, the body is decorated with flowers, according to the veneration indian have for Hanuman, the monkey god.

Holy songs. Varanasi

During these holy days, I feeled like a war reporter, great danger! From anywhere can come the fatal colored water and even I did not fear for myself, my 5D tried to make himself the smallest he could...

Mood gods. Varanasi

During the puja some people made some gods representations on the ghat, using the mud of the Ganga;. Most of the time it is lingams, symbols of Shiva.

Exquisite grace. Varanasi

Puja. Varanasi

The goat and the blue rectangle. Varanasi

Puja. Varanasi

Workshop. Varanasi

Generations. Varanasi

After the puja. Varanasi

Looking at the brahmane/sadhu. varanasi

Nice attraction for this young couple , the brahmane is preparing himself before a meditation moment. Varanasi looks sometimes like a great attraction park tourists are crossing by boat , going from one composed scene to another one, as if all had been organised before for them.
At a second degree, it sometimes becomes what is the most interesting to see...

Puja. Varanasi

Every morning, a brahmane process the ritual as a tribute to Ganga.

Meditation. Varanasi

Ganga puja. Varanasi

Tiger; Varanasi

Saris. Varanasi

Using the jain temple to dry the saris...

Flying! Varanasi

did Ganesh give her wings?

Back street scene. Varanasi

most of the tourists know the ghats life along the Ganga river. But if you walk in the old town, you discover another world, totally different.

Mother Ganga. Varanasi

Hand. Varanasi

Nepalese pilgrim's hand and jewels.

Holy wate.; Varanasi

Gauguinesque puja. Varanasi

Eye. Varanasi

Holy water. Varanasi

Puja in the air. Varanasi

Tel le capitaine à la proue de son vaisseau toutes voiles dehors, les femmes colorésse sont réunies pour cette puja psalmodiée. Les hommes sont ailleurs en blanc.
le Gange est juste en contrebas.

Like the captain in the bow of its vessel any sails outside, the colourful women are gathered for this chanted puja. The men are somewhere else in white.
Ganga is just on right.

Smiling pilgrim. Varanasi

Her pilgrim group was staying in varanasi for three days; enought to have a good connection....

Blue chat. Varanasi

close to manikarnika ghat, five meters from here, dead bodies are passing by all along the day..

Orange. Varanasi

Sometimes, pilgrims of the same family wear the same color, iImean women. Each young helping the older.This time, the color was the same than the flowers ...

The brahmane ritual IV. Varanasi

Après l'accomplissement e son rituel dans le Gange, le brahmane prélève de l'eau dans le fleuve; il va continuer sur le ghat...

After the fulfillment of the ritual rite in the Ganges, the Brahman takes some water in the river; he is going to continue on the ghat..

Sailing. Varanasi

Ganga. Varanasi

Lunch time. Varanasi

In a back street, three married women take a lunch, as people use to do in all south Asia.
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Woman and cow. Varanasi

To be burned. Varanasi

In a back street of varanasi, close to Manikarnika ghat; a family carry a body, in this place all along the day bodies come...no women here.

Une famille arrive à manikarnika ghat, transportant le corps d'un des leurs qui va y etre brulé, en scandant les paroles usuelles. Toute la jonée les corps arrivent; pas de femme dans cet endroit!

Cow dung. Varanasi

Drying cow dung; it is used for cooking.

Ordinary ghat scene. Varanasi

Drying the sari. Varanasi

Puja details. Varanasi

And you can see dizains of these little lights on ganga; nice, especially early in the morning, before the daylight.
Once again the mother in law and daughter in law joined hands.

Cold. Varanasi

In december and january, the water is really cold, and after the holy bath, some people hurry up to get out off the river .Dry clothes are ready on the ghat.

Drying up the sari. Varanasi

Pink. Varanasi