Varanasi/Benares - the ancient living city
Dt : 18 th Nov 2021 Before I get down to telling all about our trip, there are a few people I would like to thank. My dear friend Deepti for having encouraged us to visit Benares and for having helped us plan the itinerary, my partner for conscientiously planning the trip. Also Picture credits to Parijat Punj whose insta handle is https://www.instagram.com/parijat.punj/ By the ghats - a day after Dev diwali A trip planned not so long ago; just before we were surprised by what turned out to be worst pandemic of the century, finally became reality. It required some bit of coordination to ensure that the some important people were not home alone which meant folks had to be hustled in and given few instructions to keep the home afloat for the 4 days of absence. Am sure they were as anxious as us. Turned out that the flight was a bit delayed and had been clubbed with another flight for reasons unknown. While waiting at the airport post the security check we got talking to a gentlema