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Streets of Varanasi
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Chip McGee is a seasoned educational administrator who provides expert guidance to a range of clients through Sugar Maple Consulting in Nashua, NH. Before becoming an advisor, he served 15 years in Bedford, NH, as the superintendent of schools for the Bedford School District. Outside of the professional arena, Chip McGee is an avid world traveler who took a memorable trip to Varanasi, India, in November 2018.
Described by Lonely Planet as “the India of your imagination,” Varanasi (known popularly as the “City of Light”) is a holy Hindu city that attracts scores of pilgrims to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges River. With a history that stretches back between 3,000 and 5,000 years, Varanasi is also one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.
Visitors to Varanasi encounter a furry of action, colors, sounds, and smells that many find enchanting but some find overwhelming. The abundance of touts, who constantly vie for the attention (and money) of tourists, can be particularly taxing.
The signature tourism draw in Varanasi is its ghats: a series of long outdoor staircases that descend down the western banks of the Ganges. While most ghats support bathers, a few “burning ghats” serve as crematoria for human remains.
Described by Lonely Planet as “the India of your imagination,” Varanasi (known popularly as the “City of Light”) is a holy Hindu city that attracts scores of pilgrims to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges River. With a history that stretches back between 3,000 and 5,000 years, Varanasi is also one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.
Visitors to Varanasi encounter a furry of action, colors, sounds, and smells that many find enchanting but some find overwhelming. The abundance of touts, who constantly vie for the attention (and money) of tourists, can be particularly taxing.
The signature tourism draw in Varanasi is its ghats: a series of long outdoor staircases that descend down the western banks of the Ganges. While most ghats support bathers, a few “burning ghats” serve as crematoria for human remains.
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