Photos by Som of an evening stroll at a Hooghly river ghat in Kolkata.
A distributary of Ganges, Hooghly moves slowly in these parts on account of being not too far from the Bay of Bengal delta. Gold and orange hues of setting sun shimmer in the river waters. Floating barges go between the ghat and the ferries - maneuvered by ropes . Within sight are the two Howrah bridges. Hooghly’s clam water looks clear even though it has washed the garbage of hundreds of millions of people living on the Gangatic plane. That must be its holy power.
For a complete description of an evening at the ghat, read on: http://locomotoring.net/2008/05/29/banks-of-hooghly/
A distributary of Ganges, Hooghly moves slowly in these parts on account of being not too far from the Bay of Bengal delta. Gold and orange hues of setting sun shimmer in the river waters. Floating barges go between the ghat and the ferries - maneuvered by ropes . Within sight are the two Howrah bridges. Hooghly’s clam water looks clear even though it has washed the garbage of hundreds of millions of people living on the Gangatic plane. That must be its holy power.
For a complete description of an evening at the ghat, read on: http://locomotoring.net/2008/05/29/banks-of-hooghly/
