If you have only one place to visit in India and yet you want to have the full intensity of an Indian experience, go to Varanasi where faith meets filth and your life would change forever.

Varanasi, or Benares, or Kashi is the place where I took this candid photo. Apart from being a very holy city for the Hindus, Varanasi is also a very photographable place. I would highly recommend the city to photography enthusiasts visiting India as is a very good place to boost photography confidence, as it did with my confidence.

Please check out my Varanasi album to see the photos I took there. Four of my 10 most popular shots, including my top and second, were taken in the city where faith meets filth.

Thank you very much for all the views, faves and comments on my stream of “Beauty in Simplicity” photos where through timing, framing and settings, I try to make everyday life everywhere look beautiful.
Touching lives through photography… That is what it is all about.

ps: As usual, forever and ever plugging my one You Tube video.

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A place I shot very well...
Check out my VARANASI album.

ps: Forever and ever plugging my You Tube video.

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I have often asked, “Do you know why older people are so sensitive?” quickly followed by my version of the answer;
“It is because unlike joy which is somewhat limitless, our ability to deal with rejection which is the source of most sadness, is like being born with a book of tickets.
Each time we face rejection we would use one or more tickets.
As we grow older, we realize that we still have a long life ahead of us but not enough tickets left.
So, we choose our battles and we weather the rest”.

ps: This is my first male portrait uploaded since September 2015.
And yes! It is a candid shot.

ps: As usual, forever and ever plugging my one You Tube video.

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Varanasi, or Benares, or Kashi is the place where I took this candid photo. Apart from being a very holy city for the Hindus, Varanasi is also a very photographable place. I would recommend the city to photography enthusiasts visiting India as is a very good place to boost photography confidence, as it did with my confidence.
Please check out my Varanasi album to see the photos I took there. My top three most popular shots were taken in the city.
If you have only one place to visit in India and yet you want to have the full intensity of an Indian experience, go to Varanasi where faith meets filth and your life would change forever.

Thank you very much for all the views, faves and comments on my stream of “Beauty in Simplicity” photos where through timing, framing and settings, I try to make everyday life everywhere look beautiful.
Touching lives through photography… That is what it is all about.
Thanks again and have a wonderful week!
Take care especially with the Covid-19 pandemic going around!

ps: As usual, forever and ever plugging my one You Tube video.

ps: I noticed that the views are higher than normal. So, out of curiosity, I clicked on Explore. It's at #1. My first Explore since 2007 and my tenth #1. If, anyone is curious about the other nine, click on aji01 on my tags to this photo. Btw, ajganga means photos with river Ganges in the photo.

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More than 2/3 of the photos on my stream are candid.

Btw, over time, I learn to watch my settings better than when I took this photo.

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