Ganga Mahotsav - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Ganga Mahotsav is a tourist-centric festival in Varanasi, which is celebrated over four days every year, starting from Prabodhani Ekadashi to Kartik Poornima during the months of October and November.
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Location: India
Date Posted: 01/03/2016
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The festival features popular cultural programs, classical music, a country boat race, a daily shilp mela (arts and crafts fair), sculpture displays, and martial arts. On the final day (Poornima), which coincides with the traditional Dev Deepawali (light festival of the Gods), the ghats on the Ganga River glitter with more than a million lit-up earthen lamps.
The festival comprises, among others, the Ganga Aarti which is celebrated every evening of the year at sunset. Pilgrims gather on the banks of the Ganges where fire is offered to Lord Shiva and the river. Our pictures were taken at the Dashashwamedh Ghat during the Ganga Aarti ceremony at the Ganga Mahotsav 2015 festival. It was not easy to take pictures in such a crowd. We left Varanasi the day before Dev Deepavali which was held on November 25 in 2015. See our gallery of 9 pictures.
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