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Varanasi (Benares) is the holiest place of Pilgrimage in Hindu's beliefe. Each year thousands and thousands of pilgrims come to the banks of "Mother Ganges" to take a ritual bath, to pray in one of the 1600 temples and places of cult or to die here. The visit with our Indian friends and our observations in the different
temples and especially at the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi gave us deep
insides into the spiritual world of Hinduism. In India religion is a way
of life. It is an integral part of the entire Indian tradition and permeates
every aspect of life. Hinduism is the dominant faith, practiced by over
80% of the population. But India is a secular state. People of many religions
freely live here.
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