There are [4] photos and [4] stories tagged with "holy".
INDIA | Mon, 2 Oct 2017 | By nitinv29 | Photo Gallery
An auspicious place to die !! As per Hindu belief , death in Banaras leads to Moksha!
One of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities and regarded as Hinduism's one of the holiest places . Pilgrims come here to wash away a lifetime of sins in ...
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Tags: ancient city, culture, ganga, ghats, holy, india, rituals, river, travel, varanasi
SRI LANKA | Fri, 14 Aug 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1048]
One morning in Kandy, we woke up very early – so early, the city’s many stray dogs were still sleeping, and the roads were not yet crowded with tuk tuks. We climbed into the van, and held on carefully to the containers of well-wrapped dishes ... Read more >
Tags: buddhism, culinary travel, food, hill country, holy, monks, sri lanka, temple, world nomads, world travel
INDIA | Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [1067]
Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city, known primarily for the evening Aarti at Hari-ki-pauri and it's many temples. Apart from the Aarti, there's actually very little to say about Haridwar. So I've decide to dish out some awards for the temples.... Read more >
Tags: aarti, haridwar, hindu, holy, india, temple
NEPAL | Tue, 6 Oct 2009 | By ccwrichard | Views [616]
1. Chinese Nepal’s border –Nepal is
completely different from China, different faces, different town different
immigration building, different army uniform, etc. China is far more advance
than Nepal, reminds me of crossing Laos to China.... Read more >
Tags: body burning, holy, kathmandu, nepal