We traveled from New Delhi, India by train, for eighteen hours to the City of Light, known as Varanasi. The Hindus believe it to be the ultimate place to die. For 24 hours, people are cremated on the ghats on the holy river Ganges or called the Mother of India. It is quite a spectacle, chilling and other worldly. At a hostel where we spent a few nights, Ken snapped this photo of a poster of Krishna. In the Hindu religion, Krishna is the embodiment of love and divine joy, that destroys all pain and sin. He is the protector of sacred utterances and cows.
What I love about the Hindu religion is that they are known to have 330 million gods of India - allowing anyone to experience the divine in the way that suits best at the particular time.
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i've just got to tell you how much i enjoy your blog, katherine. thanks for sharing. ~corinne
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