When walking along the ghats at any time of day one is accosted by innumerable boat-folk (spacing on what name I'm sure can be applied to them). "You need boat, sir? Sunrise boat, no problem". We settled with a nice chap whose English was above the normal cut.
From the boat one could see many beautiful things, such as candles floating among rose petals...
which left Dave Weaver smiling serenely...
to strange things, such as a boat with a tv in it playing/selling bollywood movies...
To profound and slightly disturbing things, such as the burning ghats with wood stacked towards the sky, that yes, were burning at 6 am...
which left Jo and I with somewhat long faces...
Perhaps the most interesting thing I saw was this temple that was emulating the leaning tower of Pisa...
An unforgettable morning made complete, in my mind, by my rendition on the harmonica of "Down to the River to Pray"...maybe a video of that later on if you're lucky...
2 comments:
Oh! I am definitely going to need to see that video! Awesome post, D.
The tilted temple is quite different from Pisa, for locals believe that the temple bends to one side because it's the all-mighty Shiva, who reclines on it.
So believe it or not :D
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