Morning boatride on Mother Ganga (the Ganges)

The boats awaiting

The banks of the Ganga.  There is a priest under each red umbrella to perform rituals for people

Our wonderful guide - J. P.

The steps to the Ganga are called Ghats.  They serve many purposes.  There are laundry ghats, cleansing ghats, cremation ghats, ritual ghats etc  This is a cremation ghat with wood that will be used in the evening

Sunrise on the Ganga, our guide told us it had .been foggy every day for a week before we came.  That is across the river.  There is no building there as it floods during monsoons

A holy man

You can see from how we are dressed how cold it is and yet many are bathing in the Ganga

The old buildings are very beautiful

Bathing ghat

We were lucky to be there during this ceremony which might broadly be compared to Christian confirmation. or Bat/Bar Mitsvah.  This little boy is said to have unusual wisdom and already knows the teachings