Joyce Pinsker: Boarding Indigo plane from Delhi to Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Varanasi traffic island with Gandhi sculpture
Joyce Pinsker: View of Mother Ganges from our Palace on the Ganges Hotel in Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Sidewalk barber in Varanasi, as viewed from the roof of our hotel
Joyce Pinsker: Varanasi watchdog
Joyce Pinsker: Touring Varanasi by cycle rickshaw
Joyce Pinsker: Mannequins at a dress shop in Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Vibrant fabrics for sale in Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Balloon sellers on Dasaswamedh Road, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Shri Balaji Silk Factory building, on Dasaswamedh Road, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Big boss langur monkey presiding over Dasaswamedh Road, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Stall selling Jalebi (funnel cakes) along Dasaswamedh Road, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Souvenir shop on Dasaswamedh Road, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Land-side approach to the Agni Pooja ("worship to fire") evening Aarti ceremony at the Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Evening performance by sitar player Tarak Nath Mishra, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Full moon on the Ganges at Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Bell-ringer at the evening Aarti in Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Scene at water's edge at the evening Aarti ceremony, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Agni Pooja ("worship to fire") at evening Aarti ceremony, at Varanasi's Dashashwamedh Ghat
Joyce Pinsker: Agni Pooja ("worship to fire") at evening Aarti ceremony, at Varanasi's Dashashwamedh Ghat
Joyce Pinsker: Agni Pooja ("worship to fire") at evening Aarti ceremony, at Varanasi's Dashashwamedh Ghat
Joyce Pinsker: Agni Pooja ("worship to fire") at evening Aarti ceremony, at Varanasi's Dashashwamedh Ghat
Joyce Pinsker: Diya (lamp) seller for the evening Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat
Joyce Pinsker: Diyas (lamps) and marigolds on the Ganga, along Dashashwamedh Ghat
Joyce Pinsker: Assi Ghat before dawn, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Starting our sunrise cruise on the Ganga, Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Dawn on the Mother River
Joyce Pinsker: First light in Varanasi
Joyce Pinsker: Varanasi ghats at dawn
Joyce Pinsker: Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi