I’m finally back home (in fact, already in Vienna for another math conference). Here are some photos from Nasik, one of the most sacred cities in India, where I spent four days around the New Year.
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Sacred river Godavari flows through the city.
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People bathe there,
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search for coins or anything valuable in the dirt,
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wash clothes in the river,
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and sell various strange things on the banks.
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Some of the shopkeepers (most Indians are very happy to have their photos taken).
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Like this guy, selling colored powder for the dots on the forehead.
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Fruit and vegetable market.
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Cows are the most important part of traffic.
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Everywhere, there are various small or big shrines,
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gods,
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and temples.
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On a trip to a not very touristy village Bhandardara.
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This was the only cloudy day in the whole month in India!
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Quite a nice climb, first through the jungle and then up the cliff ;)
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I wonder what lives inside.
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Another day I went to the (even more) sacred village Trimbak. In the end I convinced myself that I have to try the “sacred bath” at least once, so I washed in this tank (with the help of a couple of buckets of water by enthusiastic Indians).
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A temple at the top of the hill. Notice the goat!
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Our new family shop
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And then I took a train back to Mumbai for the conference. My biggest success was that I was able to be one of the first people to get on the train, not a small achievement!