India travel notes (29) the Ganges Sunrise – a bath or shower

26 January, the day is India's 55 national day. On this day, in New Delhi, a grand celebration and parade rituals were held. In Varanasi this God made all of the city, almost do not see any trace of the birth of the Republic.

If Varanasi what natural beauty, the Ganges River Sunrise is not to be missed, and Ganges of myths and legends seems to give the Ganges Sunrise more significance.

In the early morning mist, we walk along the way, yesterday once again to permanent River, of course, this is a hotel on the rickshaw. The dry season, the river of the water of a constant is not wide, Sunrise scenery season less than others. The River looks smooth and wrinkle-free, tongtong Red Sun rising, putting the entire calm red, eight transverse seven vertical River dock of the boat has been dyed red, shadow lay in the water, shows a Rhesus yet fully awake this time. Staring at the gold red Santa River, people have feared more than on the enjoyment of the beautiful scenery.

Morning came to constant River people much more than the few tourist visitors, more India Christians, of course, they just come to see the beautiful Sunrise Ganga.

Just like the Iran--Christians to Hajj, India Christians personally jumped into the Ganges bath is also a form of religious worship. For tourist purposes, in the Holy City in the morning, bathe in the Ganges India Christians also becomes a landscape. In fact, here's a bath, a more accurate term should be bathed. Take a bath, a direct understanding is commonly used to wash away the dirt on the surface of the body, in the Holy River, this sounds very disrespectful. Bathing is not only the elegant expression of the bath, and meaning-rich, here you can understood to India Christians go with Saint washing, mind dirt can also be understood as India Christians put his body and spirit have God to embrace. This cannot but remind me of childhood in composition written message — we bathed in the light of Chairman Mao and flourishes.

We see a scene, also told us India Christians are indeed here bathed in the San River, not to bathe here.

In the morning to Emblaze of India Christians here, both women and men, men's clothes off the upper part, and the woman is wearing clothes with scarf directly into the water, they will not go very deep water and stood in the shallows, from time to time burying into the water, a few into a few out and then make a gesture with his hands from the surface of worship. The, scene very busy. Perhaps because of cold weather, the bath is usually a matter of minutes ashore. Some of them will be filled using the jug of water, and then in the Holy Land a little worship and left.

Shore slums and open-air lived many Catholics, part of the domestic garbage directly be thrown into the River, not far away is the burning of corpses in the workplace, from the health standpoint, Ganges and water is very dirty, the River was indeed more turbid, even from the shore will be able to see the underwater sludge out bubble from time to time, it is these burying into piety India Christians of health concerns.

Maybe, like India Christians say, Holy River of holy water not only for Christians, no dirty, just like a holy, not only not harmful to health, but also to cure all diseases. It is said that those who use tins put people back in the water container, will save this devotion, usually drink holy water tank water dripping into the point during the meal, when they become ill or family members and friends will be bailed out a spoonful or two scoops gave him drink. I think that for sick India Christians drink holy water, it should be and we believers of China ever drink water to treat incense is the same.

India every year many people from throughout the country ran to the River to bathe, constant Varanasi holy water bath is more famous one.

India has a Grand religious holidays – holy water bath Festival, also called a large pot or Kun Mela Festival, in relatively cold in January. The Festival lasted for a month, tens of India Christians around the world by air, bus or even walk a thousand km, to the constant River, at the risk of severe cold to jump into the water bath, bath, to the water of the temple to pray, and then place the flowers or milk spilled into the Ganges, the scene is very spectacular. According to legend, the history of India or legend history — the Vedic Scriptures, and the evolution of the epic Ramayana, the "Shiva had and OGRE battle for twelve years, finally defeated ogre, in river water sprinkling Manna, to constant River India people brought peace and prosperity. To commemorate this important lasted 12 years of war, large pot section to every 12 years to hold one. Unfortunately, this year, so we have witnessed. Just watched the immediate locality of the rising sun-bathing, imagine a Festival of thousands of people at the same time bath worship. I think, if you catch up with that kind of holiday, irrespective of the Ganges water health status, any person who is a big exciting scenes, or even will not hesitate to join. Because every time during the Festival, came to bathe in the worship of believers too much, the order is quite difficult to maintain. It is said that every day, hundreds of people have dozens of festivals meetings due to riots was trampled to death or stepped on.

This season, Varanasi is a bit cold in the morning and evening, even when wearing thin sweater too much.

The night I put single in the cool River Ganges to blow up almost an hour, not too concerned about the morning with clothes, plus continuous days in order to record very few travel notes sleep, your body is a little weak, when the temperature has increased significantly. This is to let your partner worry because India's health condition and not very good, Varanasi sanitary conditions are bad, if you are really sick, for non-Christians in India, I drink holy water saturated also estimates will not resolve the problem. Fortunately, the heavy domestic kangganling instant play a role, elevated body temperature did not continue.

Due to time constraints, we have no more than delay the River in constant.

Poilane Xicheng Hindu temple is extensive, with more than 2000 date built in different dynasties Temple, even in the alley of wall recessed piece, also being available on the idol worship, also became a temple.

The gate of the temple or sacrifice bench can see some orange flower wreath of the yellow really brilliant, very much like to see a Tibetan Buddhist monk who dress and hat colors, easily, and religion. The temple is truly here to India Christians worship and chant their accomplishment, go in andThe slippers and removal of socks, nor let photography, we know neither the Hindu does not worship, because already visited other India temples, this time far enough already without looking.