often considered the holiest place in all of india, going to vanarasi on pilgrimage is a fairly common occurrence for your typical devout hindu. yet, people including me forget that despite it's religious significance, it is still a real place with real people who face real issues and this raw look that robert gardner presents is unabashed in its passive observation. it does not dictate what the viewer is supposed to feel and allows us to revel in the mystic nature of this silent city by the ganges river
despite being indian and raised with fairly strong hindu values, i've never been to this famed place and i would love to take a trip there even though i'm now quite removed from religion as a whole
often considered the holiest place in all of india, going to vanarasi on pilgrimage is a fairly common occurrence for your typical devout hindu. yet, people including me forget that despite it's religious significance, it is still a real place with real people who face real issues and this raw look that robert gardner presents is unabashed in its passive observation. it does not dictate what the viewer is supposed to feel and allows us to revel in the mystic nature of this silent city by the ganges river
despite being indian and raised with fairly strong hindu values, i've never been to this famed place and i would love to take a trip there even though i'm now quite removed from religion as a whole
