Baba by the Ganga's by antonioagui

Varanasi - India At night, while most tourist, pilgrims and inhabitants in Varanasi go to bed, there are little who still have the privilege of passing the night by the holiest river in the world. Many of the ghats where during the day crowds have their baths are shelter to some babas and saddhus like the one in this picture. He had been sleeping there for some years, he told me.

Uploaded: Nov, 27 2008 | Taken: Aug, 14 2008| Viewed: 36 times  | 1 vote Camera:  Canon DIGITAL IXUS 900Ti | Exposure 1/25s, f3.3 | FLength: 9mm

rangutan - Mar, 24 2010 07:03am Scary guru, I would do my pants if I saw this man suddenly! **** [4.4] antonioagui - Mar, 29 2010 03:03am Well, this is the usual aspect of most babas and saddhus who wander all around India. I was lucky to be welcome in the ghats by the river and spend the night with them, having rewarding and didactical, conversations while having some chai. But yes, I must confess that if we suddenly found man like this in the middle of a park in Europe most people would be pretty scared!