Incredible India - 3: Varanasi (Benares)

Life and death in Varanasi, the religious capital of India. Ritual bathing in the floods of ganges. Cremation at Manikarnika Ghat. Ganga aarti.
Filmed with PANASONIC LUMIX GH.
Created with MAGIX Video Pro X3

[@claudiosaltara7003]

Stacy satay, of the hundreds of comments I read over the years, and I read many beautiful ones, but yours tops them all. The phrase ‘Mother India, You are All That is’ Is the most beautiful and meaningful ever about India. Remember Edith Steins’s ‘A rose is a rose is a rose‘ ? Yours conveys the same effect. Thank you

[@Taracroi]

I was there this year: I am from Ireland . Go there and feel the energy of the place, it is amazing! I felt held and nurtured in its light embrace, and did not want to leave it. Holy, sacred place. Go there and be blessed.

[@ruzickaw]

When I saw that they threw the half-burned grandma into the holy river a felt blessed. And the people downstream who get the floating corps stranded at the bank must also feel blessed.

[@sherdil7866]

fuck you tara green...you feel happy going to shit place...shame on you....

[@subscriberswithoutanyvid-so1kr]

@@sherdil7866 fuck you Islam followers and hate preachers, question yourself about your religion, ah not religion a mental illness

[@purplestripes4076]

@@ruzickaw Death is a fact of life. Can't pretend it doesn't happen by looking away.

[@pmiyilantaiwan1711]

Saya Muslim, saya menghormati agama dan budaya di india Saya menyukai vidio ini

[@Sedona-cl6eg]

Those of us who are India die hards, keep returning to India in spite of the noise,pollution,over crowding,theft, bad food (Delhi belly) bad rooms and various rips offs because after all is said and done we come back from India with priceless experiences which cannot be found anywhere else. India has made me what I am today and anyone who has not been there cannot top it.

[@Shubh22]

Thank you from an Indian. We are trying to make it cleaner and better.

[@Klausjp.ontheroadagain]

well said

[@brahmasatyamjaganmithya6708]

Mother india

[@mariechristinefrancoise4625]

Sedona2014

[@brahmasatyamjaganmithya6708]

"back from India with priceless experiences " priceless are the indians and their rich culture...

[@stacysatya339]

I will never understand how the clothes stay so white on the banks as they are laid out to dry on sand or earth....smiling....Mother India, You are All That Is. All That Is Humanity, All that is sacred, all that is difficult...LIFE all in one breath no matter where one stands. My heart is with you over and over Kashi....Jai India...

[@witchcerridwen]

wow the way you say it brings tears to my eyes.

[@krishgupta0411]

The sand sticks off when the cloth dries. But loved your love for Kashi(Benares) , do visit it once in your life. You'll feel beautiful about your life

[@Muzzieterminator]

India thanks for everything you have done for me, its worth more then all money and beautifull cities can give!

[@sugslife7972]

Danny Binda Happy India!!! You must experience the Surajkund Mela also

[@user-qh9so9es9d]

Namaste friend

[@elenaleyva8797]

@@user-qh9so9es9d aa

[@schitra340]

Mr.Ludwig... இந்தியாவை அதன் கலாச்சார மென்மையுடன் மிக அழகாக பதிவு செய்து இருக்கிறீர்கள் இந்தியாவின் மிக உன்னதமான ஆன்மீக பூமியை நீங்கள் பதிவு செய்த விதம் மிக அருமை உங்களுக்கு என் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்.😊

[@jeanninepaulay6182]

Magnifique reportage sur benares ( vanarassi ) c'est un pays envoûtant je suis allée 2 fois je n'ai qu'une envie retournée le plus vite possible,,c'est difficile à décrire ce que l'on ressent,,c'est magique,

[@nabiltabesh1389]

True!!

[@lenesilvaaraujo7659]

Deus me livre lugar sujo

[@schitra340]

Love from India

[@jagadeeshanarve5667]

After the new govt;s Namami Ganga project,there has been substantial improvement in cleaning, maintaining Ganga.. Also sewerage discharge in 180 towns along the Ganga is being diverted to STPs and only clean water will be discharged to Ganga. Even the religious practices are being advised to modify.But it takes time. The improvements done in just 3 years is wonderful. If same govt is there for another 5 years ,Ganga will be very clean as they have the determination to execute ..

[@friendlyneighborhood2687]

Ganga is three times more polluted in this eight years So this is a failure

[@friendlyneighborhood2687]

Religious capital of India 😍 Everything isn't matter only This city is matter 💕🙏🏻

[@lindainglis8506]

Love you, India from America.

[@namansrivastav2008]

It's a majestic city with people and animals coexisting together. Let aside the filth on the streets, pollution , dirty river , Varanasi is a feeling . A showcase to great Hindu culture and rituals!!

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

Its hell on earth

[@user-hc2ym2eh3q]

Ад это Россия!!!

[@tdancemovement]

I must say that you beautifully capture everything !!

[@ianoian1]

First class film - loved it - visited Varanasi in 2003, an experience I shall never forget. Thanks!!

[@gauravayush5494]

Glad to know.. do visit Varanasi again now.. you'll be in awe of the developments that this city has brought in itself. (Visit between October to March for favourable weather conditions)

[@sambamurthyk3596]

A beautiful video with glimpses of Varanasi without commentary. Faith and Filth and daily routine adequately captured.

[@user-mf9rx8hd3i]

Жизнь и смерть ходят рядом! И молодые с детства видят ее освобождение и проявление!какой вдумчивый и серьезный ролик!

[@Budoshoha]

Very good footage!! Like the way you were filming it, and details, and colours. Great!

[@sriprabhavpaturi2826]

@Budoshoha Yes, that too with a Panasonic camera. I mean kudos to the film maker. Nikon, Canon, Sony. So many superior options, yet he still chose Panasonic. I mean he did a great job with it. I saw the full potential of the camera. But, you know, Panasonic is, well, Panasonic! So..

[@sugslife7972]

Budoshoha Haridwar is also one of the place you mist visit😊

[@joshuastarwalker]

I miss this place. May be this is the only place that I want to be back one day. I was there at Ganges Riverside almost everyday, morning and afternoon. The feeling is quite special, spiritual and the Ghats. May be I will get back here one day

[@ehmmyorellano]

You visit now...😁

[@joshuastarwalker]

@@ehmmyorellano : I don’t mind if now or later. COVID is not my problem, but I just can’t go abroad because of it ;)

[@gauravayush5494]

Glad to know.. do visit Varanasi again now.. you'll be in awe of the developments that this city has brought in itself. (Visit between October to March for favourable weather conditions)

[@tajriantatpor9724]

Shob Dhormer Proti Sroddha Abong Shonman Gapon Kori. Kintu..Amar Akta Jinish Janar Khub Proyojon Bodh Korchi.... Sheta Holo....Je Jonmo Data Pita & Maata Amake Jonmo Daan Korechen Tader Mukh Diye Koto Baar Chumbun Korechen Amader Shorirer Prottek Ongshe. Tader Ke Mrittur Por Ki Vabe Amara Chitai Niye Mukh Agni Kori... Ja Dekhe Khubi Kosto Pai . A Dhoroner Kono Kotha Kon Purane Bola Ache?

[@schitra340]

Love from India

[@audgester]

This video brought me to tears. I am hoping to visit next year, if the Covid situation improves. 🙏

[@venerablemastergurusatimat7146]

Om Namashivaya Namaha....All the blessing of Om Namashivaya....to all the devotees....Regards Sati Mataji of Haridwar and Malaysia

[@valentinaanna4878]

I LOVE INDIA MAGIC PLACE

[@arrangeur55]

So many people, and still peaceful. That is admirable!

[@schitra340]

Love from India

[@user-hc2ym2eh3q]

Вот именно!!! Живут спокойно, никого не трогают, почему другие так же не могут или не хотят так спокойно жить

[@terrybuchanan1]

great job, ludwig. amaaaaazing work!

[@TheSteff67]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing this!!

[@marcelb5045]

Powerful imagery.

[@brahmasatyamjaganmithya6708]

thank you for uploading, very well done.

[@sudhanshusharma4964]

Great work of capturing the serene beauty. जो मज़ा काशी मे न पेरिस मे न फारस मे

[@ridwanraka2772]

Sudhanshu Sharma indian songs are very good

[@jackgoldman1]

Spirituality arose from Universe in India. What a wonderful gift to the Universe. The Universe has become awakened.

[@sutapamukherjee7604]

Incredible, but a religious place like Varanasi should be much more cleaner 🙏

[@michaelahass2695]

Absolutely...how can a holy place look.so disgusting????

[@Gehackt26]

How should it be possible, a lot of peoples living there,and iss no possibility where they can put the waste.

[@purplestripes4076]

@@Gehackt26 Govt and the residents need to figure it out. Population is no reason for not keeping a place clean.

[@user-hc2ym2eh3q]

Им так удобно жить

[@litmystic5390]

thank you i enjoyed this. for the haters: in india, every morning every shopkeeper is out sweeping their front enterences they know Prosperity comes to cleanlieness nyc is also old (of course not this old) yet verry dirty. thats what happens

[@ahmadhadidoun7162]

Well done! Thanks for sharing!

[@pattylhc]

bellissimo video grazie per le emozioni che dona!

[@huongbeo1842]

Thank you for giving us the chance to see India

[@yes6086]

Come dear

[@michaelahass2695]

@@yes6086 We have enough from.seeing this videos..thank you

[@antonmarino6568]

Fantastic and mysterious city, truly and eye opener to a fascinating culture

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

Its a dirty hell hole

[@charlesdavis7087]

Stunning! Thanks for sharing.

[@melodyst.claire5389]

Beautifully filmed 💖💖💖

[@femfromholland]

Been to Varanasi, very spiritual place to be esp in the early morning. Loved the evening ceremonies as well tho, nice video it shows exactly what its like: in all the dirt also a lot of beauty. Namaste :)

[@krishnapatel6507]

now present day, there is no dirt. Dear come again and look neet and clean Kashi Banaras or Varanasi.

[@niranjannayak5452]

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[@dickverton]

A great movie of al aspects of the live in Varanasi!. I like it!

[@candychicken3127]

superb video har har mahadev proud to be hindu ,hindu never ask luxiriuous life cause we know all will destroyed as our beloved lord shiva had already said being poor or creepy we die only only on lord shiva

[@jagadeeshanarve5667]

A beautiful video showing every emotions behind the beliefs..,

[@michaelahass2695]

And this infectious dirt ...

[@pavithranparamel4387]

Only in hinduism people practise different rituals to have moksha(liberation from our sins for our actions( karmas) in this life and past life..what a great traditions!

[@waldonunez8311]

Separando las cosas , ese río , no resistiría un análisis químico....respetuosamente....

[@Vishal-]

It was shot 9 years ago, it’s really clean now, there is blue water

[@danya151mail]

Probably, need watch this after little preparation. Video is lovely

[@darshiliyanage9429]

Most polluted river in india

[@oliverlecler5905]

Simplemente hermoso!

[@Bartek_Zdanowicz]

Really nice. Thank you

[@ruxanajewoon517]

Ganges what a beauty the creator has given

[@ricardoortiz9647]

Encantada con la Ceremonia,los Sahumerios y el coro de campanas,me lo guardó para recargarme para ciertos momentos💘💖💞💗

[@shivabctrans1]

Well made. Very interesting and enlightening like Benares itself !

[@coisasdanatureza...7707]

A india é fenomenal.

[@JoseLuiz-gb6uj]

Que linda cultura Indiana em especial varanasi ❤

[@schitra340]

Love from India

[@yogalyon1]

marvelous vid... thank you

[@rolandquencez]

Félicitations pour la prise de vue, qui est étonnamment intelligente et sensible.

[@siddharthsingh7747]

Either you love India or hate India. There is no in between.

[@anithanaicker667]

My ancestors from allabadh, my dad use to tell stories his gran use to tell him about Varnasi, my ancestors where brahmins, want to go back to India, with my family, one day soon.

[@narendrarai7612]

it's allhabad now prayagraj U should visit your anncestor at least once time

[@sunilagnihotri5410]

Anitha ur such a lucky person who born to native Prayagraj couple 🙏

[@2icelollys1goat]

SUPERB VIDEO.

[@andrealore75]

Grazie mille !!!!! Ottimo !

[@carmenrosales647]

INDIA THE MOSTH BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON LE WORD Y LOVE IT WITH ALL MY HEARTH JAY HARI BOL

[@dragonellatv]

I sorry but the city is very polluted and dirty

[@hugolopez7723]

Jajajajajajajajajja

[@avenger7188]

Ja aj ja ja ja dilo en español ,que en ingles se te ve ridicula... que es hermoso???? En que planeta vives??? Creo que en 2 dias me muero de diarrea de tanta asquerosidad..

[@michaelahass2695]

@@avenger7188 👍👍👍

[@YdevT]

Yes it is cowdung, used as fuel. Also, used to make mud floors. It is actually a good way to repel cockroaches, and rodents

[@Raz-Sekeles]

Wonderful video. thank you :)

[@mt-nf2ow]

thanks for the video well done

[@yehudahhachassid6191]

Om ! Jai Ganga Ma: Hara Hara Mahadeva Samkara Shiva ! Swaha Om!

[@maxsuelpaiva8145]

Brasil 🇧🇷 2019

[@mskarthik81]

See this video sir kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXS9pXWVo9-kp7M

[@robertafinessi2923]

COMPLIMENTI.. LEI È RIUSCITO A CARPIRE L'ESSENZA... GRAZIE 🙏

[@AnaFavero]

Pois e um dia tentei falar com o Sr Osny, e fui barrada por uma pessoa que falou que ele não fala com o público, que deixasse o recado que ela passaria a resposta. Achei um absurdo querer se comportar como um Deus, deixei de segui-lo e parei de assistir seus cursos. Humildade faz parte da vida.

[@luceliasantana3570]

Nemmm !!!! Admiro seu trabalho. Mais este PAÍS me deprimiu. Tô fora. Estou horrorizada😮😥😳😳😱😳😱😳😱😱😱

[@mahonegonzales8692]

Kkkk verdade e eu pensando q o meu país e a pior merda q existe antes de ver este vídeo

[@waldonunez8311]

Después de ver eso , parece que Sudamerica es un paraíso....

[@michaelahass2695]

@@waldonunez8311 😀😀😀👍👍👍

[@adjofilm]

Very nice footage and film with the right atmosphere, like in Varanasi (I visited it in 2004 and again last January). I have a film-excerpt in my account of Varanasi 2004, but I have not yet processed my footage of 2019. I assume that you did not pay for filming cremations from close by. There is a type of corruption there at the ghats in my opinion: if you pay then suddenly it’s not improper to film cremations. I would avoid posting certain pictures onto the internet.

[@graphicplotskills1153]

I am living in Maharashtra, region of Bombay but this city Varanasi I saw first time...really I feel these people are still living in 16th Century and no chance they will escape from these traditions

[@michaelahass2695]

👏👏👏👏🎩

[@arun6291]

I think Bombay is on moon.

[@user-by7kl6dm3q]

@@arun6291 😂😂😂

[@user-ly5bc4xd2s]

فيديو جميل شكراجزيلا لكم والله يحفظكم ويحميكم ويرعاكم كل التقدير والاحترام للشعب الهندي العظيم الكريم الأصيل تحياتنا لكم من فلسطين

[@Vishal-]

🙏🏼🇮🇳 🇪🇭

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

This is a dump

[@Eva511]

No matter what India is wonderful,I love India...

[@vaneetsharma735]

liberation comes from acceptance. love and peace start from acceptance. i never write any comments but your comments has requested me to do so. Life is NOT what you learnt at school in the books. Life is much more than the books and laws you have learnt. life is to experience and accept. No ONE ever want to live in condition that is not comfortable to them. there must be a reason for present INDIA. history is, hence accept INDIA and different view. In difference , the real addition happens :)

[@ruzickaw]

You are right. Life is not what one reads in the books, life is being born, living in the streets of Calcuta and die on the street. This real life experience and very comfortable.

[@vasurita991]

हर हर महादेव 🙏🏼 Har Har Mahadev 🙏🏼💗

[@MrEdwintmargallo]

OMG. the foot was sticking out from the fire. Yet, I guess my visit to Varanasi is the most I am excited about hahahaha. Its just so shockingly different.

[@arun6291]

It's shocking for us to seeing a dead body being buried in soil only to be rotten with time.

[@sunilagnihotri5410]

In india no one cares other's good or bad comments on this holy city. They wants their city as it is.many foreigners are coming to this place and taking videos and some others who couldn't come are watching them and commenting on them.every Indian is so conscious what is eternal truth in this world which lasts forever(soul).so they never cares anybody's comments and no comment even touch their surrounded air.

[@hinduseatholycowdung4731]

Stop praising this filthy country full of slums and beggers. Half of you Money begging Hindus live in the slums and shit behind the huts you sleep in. The air is so toxic from pollution that you can't breathe without covering your face in all cities surrounded by Delhi or bombay.

[@sunilagnihotri5410]

Dear friend... lotus grows in mud only....people who wants to enjoy the beauty of lotus they wont care the mud....still the mud is essential to grow lotus..and lotus beauty is priceless... Who looks the filth of mud can not enjoy lotus flowers beauty...whose mind and hurt filled by filth and mud never understand it..

[@ruthdunn4966]

You don't have to like or agree with how they live but it doesn't give you the right to make derogatory comments. No wonder the world is in the state it's in when there are people like you around. There is nothing wrong with accepting how others live.

[@empathycompassion6157]

@@hinduseatholycowdung4731 hahaha,then who u r really....hahaha

[@ruzickaw]

Half of the Indian population, that is more than 600 million, cannot read nor write. But they know about the eternal truth which is ignorance.

[@cleusaoliveira5408]

E pensar que já tive muita vontade conhecer a Índia , ainda bem que fiquei só na vontade

[@waldonunez8311]

Nunca es tarde amigo

[@cleusaoliveira5408]

waldo nuñez peguei ranço desse País

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

Its trash and nasty

[@infinite5795]

@@AyanAli-py7ci go to Pakistan then jihadi.

[@rosaspanjol673]

Amazing, washing on the Ganges river , and clothes look cleaner,whiter than my clothes that I wash in a washing machine using the most popular and expensive detergents😂😅.. really amazing!

[@veronicasantibanezl.5705]

Muy buen video!!

[@AsifKhan-mh5cy]

It is my dream to visit India. But now a days every one is making me scared to visit. One day it will be more peaceful than now and my dream will come true.

[@bettyboop674]

You can visit anytime . India is a peaceful place. You are always welcome to this incredible land on earth.

[@JoseCarlos-hk8zd]

Isto não parece um rio mas sim um esgoto gigantesco a céu aberto onde gente sem noção de higiene se banha. Como é possível em pleno século vinte e um haver pessoas com hábitos tão atrasados.

[@ryan_galvani]

São nojentos 🤢

[@ahmeddrissi6775]

Very good cérémonie thanks from morocco

[@warrior-ql1wp]

The most populated river india bcoz of the holy people...

[@canaltopzao.serg_1201]

Só Deus pra Salvar um lugar desse, não estou falando mal, más é muita poluição 🙏

[@rafaelmirandadeoliveira7971]

Verdade !!! Tenho certeza de que se esse povo buscasem Deus n teriam tanta miséria e poluição!!

[@Vishal-]

It’s a 9 year old video

[@Raventooth]

What a filthy interesting place.

[@arun6291]

People belonging to filthy civilization calling this place filthy.

[@skcmusiclovers]

Oh my sweet India 💞💞🌹👩‍❤️‍👩👍

[@benchbench7108]

good one :)

[@user-br5wg3sk9s]

❤️اشهد ان لا اله الا الله❤️☝️🇾🇪 وان محمد رسول الله صل الله عليه وسلم ارفع راسك فنبيك محمد صل الله عليه وسلم ❤️الحمدلله على نعمة الإسلام 🤲

[@MrAngelkhalid]

عليه الصلاة و السلام الحمد لله على نعمة الإسلام

[@nafeessage6902]

India really needs to clean up the pollution

[@srlittilemarysabs2138]

How

[@arindrajitmukherjee4178]

The test of Varanasi . Mahadev 🙏 🙏

[@PaulPaullus]

...very good Thank you

[@s.9788]

I ve been twice in India,for months every time.spirituallity is around us,in every country-culture,in nature,in every human who wants to share love,in us.You don't have to be a Hindu or go to India.Enough with that shit.We just need to open our eyes and let our souls to love unconditionally.so forget about namaste,amen...and all that stuf.Just love.

[@arun6291]

Infact atheism is shit. We are proud to be Hindus and belonging to the oldest civilization on this planet.

[@Peaceonearth1107]

Oldest inhabited & the most spiritual place on this planet. However u see the harsh realities of life at Varanasi.

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

A dirty hell hole

[@Peaceonearth1107]

@@AyanAli-py7ci Zombie comments.

[@user-by7kl6dm3q]

@@AyanAli-py7ci chulim mc 😂😂madrsachap

[@waqarhaider8501]

I wish I could travel n visit India.

[@chiaralecce1258]

This people it’s very creazy👍

[@dravidianstates1]

It is very evident from your comment that you have not been to India. The Indian Philosophy is to advanced for Many. Peace!!!

[@ruzickaw]

You are right: Indian philosophy is so advanced that for centuries you kept the people in ignorance. A Brahmin would not even let his wife have a look at his old dirty holy book.

[@vaneetsharma735]

i accept your love, your anger, your hate, your freedom and your leaving. that is represented by scriptures in temples. ultimate aim is to liberate yourself from all attachments that stop you from evolution. aim is peace and acceptance. now lets come to CURRENT INDIA - Yes, it is dirty now, yes we respect animals and we wont eat them because it is our way of life. lets talk science - there is no immunity if there are no germs.

[@jagadeeshanarve5667]

Request Ludwig Bispink to have one more visit now and put the new video.There is substantial change in 3 years ..

[@user-rq2eu9gi5o]

Jai Shiva Shambo 🙏

[@aryanyadav3690]

In 2021 it's more developed & cleaned, watch the latest video of PM Modi in Varanasi 🙏 Many foreigners came in Kashi Vishwanath Corridor opening ceremony fee days ago 🔱

[@poisedonis]

This camera is amazing

[@albertovisco2342]

Complimenti!!!!!

[@ericdrews5050]

Simply the most fascinating city on this planet. I’ve been twice and am hoping to return again. India on steroids