Varanasi

Varanasi, also called Kashi, has never failed to disappoint me. There’s something beautiful about small cities. The ability to be able to commute through the city by walk, given everything worth seeing is close by is extremely nice to me personally. The very reason why I like places like Pushkar, Andaman or certain cities in Thailand. It makes me mindful, slowing the views for the mind to absorb it, in its true essence. You could observe people indulging in their daily chores, comparing them with how things and people live in your city. And the difference and similarities is what makes the place nicer.

Here’s a list of places, i could visit during my travel. May be it could help you in your next :)

As usual, I had a blast capturing places in my sketch during the travel.

Men and women waiting at the ghats - tired, but with no rush to go anywhere.

The pandit conducting the pooja with some of his followers next to the ghat

Ganga for some is the place of dissolution of sins or the place for the final dip, while for some its just the water for play

A book seller selling religious photos and books. The shop is his kingdom!

Ganga Aarti at Assi Ghat

While i could complete some, some were left incomplete, which is to be done probably in the next trip :)