INDIA - Varanasi Next stop...Agra, India!

Sarnath, India
Hindu women cutting grass on the grounds of the museum in the sacred city of Sarnath, India, the birth place of Buddhism.
Hindu women cutting grass on the grounds of the museum in the sacred city of Sarnath, India, the birth place of Buddhism.
Mulgandh Kuti, Sarnath, India, the birthplace of Buddhism.

Amaral family visits Mulgandh Kuti, Sarnath, India, the birthplace of Buddhism.
Mulgandh Kuti, Sarnath, India, the birthplace of Buddhism.
Wyatt taking a look at Dhamek Stupa at the birthplace of Buddhism.
Checking out deer and a peacock in the park at Sarnath, India, the birth place of Buddhism.

We use charcoal, the Indian's use dung for cooking.
Ali and Austin catch a rick shaw ride to the Ganges River, Varanasi, India.
Greg & Wyatt catch a rick shaw ride to the Ganges River, Varanasi, India.
Cindy & McKenzie catch a rick shaw ride to the Ganges River, Varanasi, India.

Cindy & McKenzie catch a rick shaw ride to the Ganges River, Varanasi, India.
Wyatt with a sacred cow, Varanasi, India.
Amaral family on a night cruise on the sacred Ganges River, Varanasi, India.
Flower girl who supplied our ceremonial flowers for the sacred Ganges River, Varanasi, India

Amaral family on a night cruise on the sacred Ganges River, near Varanasi, India, one of the oldest cities in the world.
Hindu priests chanting their mantra's on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the world.
Hindu worshippers on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, in Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the world.
Flower seller on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, in Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the world.

Gift to the gods, ceremonial head shaving on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the world.
Gift to the gods, ceremonial head shaving on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the world.
Hindu woman brushing her teeth with a branch from the Neem tree. Eating neem leaves or ground up neem leaves keeps the body healthy and also works as a cure for stomach aches, acne, throat trouble, and for purifying the blood.
The banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.

The banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
Purification swim in the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
Purification swim in the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
The banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.

The banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
The banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
Purification swim in the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
Purification swim in the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.

Cremating the dead and washing clothes on the banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world .
Cremating the dead on the banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world .
Cremating the dead and washing clothes on the banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world . In the right for ground, notice the Hindu man spreading the ashes of the dead.
Cremating the dead on the banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world .

Cremating the dead on the banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world .
A boat at sunrise, the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world .
A boat at sunrise, the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world .
A salesman and his goods on the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.

A salesman and his goods on the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
The banks of the sacred Ganges River at Varanasi, one of the oldest and most religious cities in the world.
A cow that ran into Greg after this photo was taken, Varanasi, India.


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