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Kolkata to Benaras

A pleasure trip begins today - Kolkata to Benaras by luxury vessel on River Ganges. Foreigners can get all the facilities in the vessel and can visit the riverside historical and remarkable places. But you have to wait six months because all the tickets for the next six months have been sold. So the journey already made super hit. The first pic is the view of Howrah Bridge on River Ganges from where the pleasure trip begins and the second picture is the River Ganges of Benaras - the place where the journey will be finished.

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agnitrisha said…
this must be really tempting for people who love to visit places.

marvellous photographs.
03 October, 2009 19:12
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