At sunset, at 18, it is time for Puja, when the sun and the light are offered to the river with chants, mantras, played shells, cymbals and thousands of votive lights that float on the water of the great river. According to the Hindus, the Ganges River is the river of the sky and heaven every Hindu, at least once in his life, he must go to Varanasi and bathe in the waters of the Ganges, killing at least 5 ghats (flights of stone stairs that end in the water of the Ganges) to wash and clean of sins. Varanasi is a place where people come on pilgrimage to the holy bath in the river Ganges. Today the city, very chaotic, does not retain anything of the stones of its ancient past, but you can still breathe, to see, to live a thousand years old and immutable rites. Today it is again Varanasi, one of the most fascinating cities of India, a city holy to Shiva. In Vedic times was called Kashi, Varanasi then became, by the rivers Varuna (flowing north) and Aces (flowing south) and then deformed by the British, who could not pronounce his name well in Benares. It covers an area of about 4,000 acres, but even to this day, it has not been excavated in its entirety, as new ancient findings are being discovered every year. City sacred to Hindus and also one of the oldest cities (the settlement dates back to 1200 BC) and inhabited the world. The ancient city of Pella in Central Macedonia is the historical capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedon and birthplace of Alexander the Great.
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