LYRICS OF THE MYSTIC: GHATS OF BANARAS (II)
Assi Ghat on the day of Dev Deepawali. The Ganga water has not fully receded yet. Most of the lower ghat-steps are still under layers of sand and soil brought by the flooding Ganga water of Monsoon. But nothing except countless heads of visitors are visible on the day of Dev Deepawali to be part of the amazing flow of the light quanta spreading from tens of thousands of 'diyas' on the ghat-steps and on the rhythmic flow of the Ganga water.
Assi ghat, being on the extreme corner of the inhabited ghats in the southern end of Varanasi and having road connectivity for big vehicles right to ghat steps unlike most other famous Ganga ghats, draws packed number of visitors filling the space so tightly that even not an inch of the stone ghat-steps is visible. The photograph here is of the preparation of the Dev Deepawali celebrations at the Assi Ghat.
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| Dev Deepawali celebration preparation at Assi Ghat©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/ |
