Re: Indian Golden Triangle Tours

On Oct 24, 6:39 pm, "William Black" <william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Alan S" <noth...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:18:48 +0100, "William Black"
<william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And don't take pictures of cremations.

He won't see any.

Presumably I would be breaking some taboo or courtesy
custom?

No Idea.

I've spent about a third of the past two years in India and I've only seen
one, and that was of a senior politician held in Shivaji Park in Bombay
where there were TV cameras and more press photographers than you could
shake a stick at.

As a general rule funeral rites don't happen in the places where tourists go to.


What about Varanasi?

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