The Ganges
by Aldo Pavan
Hardcover
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Request this bookA photographic journey that traces the entire route of India's sacred river. india's holiest river, the Ganges, winds some 1, 550 miles through the country, from its headwaters in the Himalayan glaciers past the villages and cities of the Gangetic plain to the delta's thousand fingers in the Bay of Bengal between India and Bangladesh. Here, aldo Pavan and his camera trace the route of this sacred river, capturing its beauty and its many different phases and moods. Along the way, we meet the pilgrims, br>sadhus, fishermen, farmers, weavers, merchants, hair dressers, snake charmers, and others whose lives are spent along the River's Banks. Over 300 color illustrations.
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Hardcover, 10th Edition
ISBN13: 9780500512593
Thames & Hudson, 2005
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