A fisherman gives us a ride up the river from the Himalayan Institute campus to the confluence (sangam) of the Yamuna and Ganga Rivers at Allahabad, affording a glimpse of life in rural India along the banks of Ganga.
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- Our boatman is a fisherman from a nearby village
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- Our nearest upriver neighbors have built a havan kunda that resembles a Chinese pagoda.
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- Moving Sand
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- Another Ganga bank activity is the smashan—cremation ground.
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- Fisherman mends his net
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- An umbrella is a good thing
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- Yamuna and Ganga Rivers meet here
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- At the sangam we visit a Hanuman shrine.
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- The river lapwing is the gatekeeper for Ganga.
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