Ghats are stairways that lead down to water. The holy city of Varanasi has 84 ghats on the sacred Ganges river which is fed by glaciers from the Himalayas. We toured the ghats by boat, each having a separate purpose such as praying, bathing, washing clothes, cremation and other purposes. As Hindu pilgrims welcomed the sunrise with singing and ceremony, the hazy sun rose bathing the city in a soft glow.
