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Varanasi: The Sensory Bomb of Hindu India at Peak Rush Hour

Published August 13, 2009
Drew Tapley, Managing Editor & Writer

Varanasi city is the living and breathing expression of Hindu India at peak rush hour. It is everything that has been said about it, and more than can ever be said through the limitations of language. India is generally like a sense-bomb detonating inside your head and saturating your senses. So much so at times, that one regularly stops in motion to drink in the wonderment of it all. Varanasi city is the brazen embodiment of this. Prepare for unbridled India minus any packaging—unwrapped and uncensored. Varanasi city is an animated pilgrimage of resplendent ceremonies guaranteed to shock and delight in equal measure. Coming into this ancient city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh is like walking back in time. The people, the buildings, ...

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