Ganga Seva Nidhi
the ceremony on the banks of the Ganges, Varanasi, India
Varanasi 2006 from Galen Frysinger on Vimeo.
Short Video Clips of the Ceremony
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Silk Weaving
hand loom with punched card design information in the weaving of silk
the product
for sale
Ganesh
cycle-rickshaw ride to the Ghat for the ceremony
street shops
street Hindu shrine
home made machine to extract juice from sugar cane
Muslim men riding in a cycle-rickshaw in front of their women
busy street
at the Ghat
sleeping in saffron robes
flower petals for worship
making sticks for cleaning of the teeth
candle and blossoms in a plate
for floating on the water
lighted and placed in the water of the Ganges river
points of light as they float into the distance