Bathing ghat at Benares, India Grampians National Park View of Queen Victoria's royal

View of Queen Victoria's royal progress through the City of London

A spectator watches as Cobb's car speeds past on the steep banking above him during a race at Brooklands

with the tail containing depictions of national events during 1853

The lower putti struggle to support an overflowing cornucopia

Bathing ghat at Benares, India Grampians National Park View of Queen Victoria's royalBathing ghat at Benares, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Benares (Varanasi) is a major place of pilgrimage for Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists alike. The city has 3 miles of ghats (steps) along the banks of the Ganges, from which Hindus bathe in the sacred river. In addition there are burning ghats, from which the ashes of the cremated are scattered over the water. Benares contains a remarkable total of 1500 temples. Lantern slide.