Albert Lucy Babu – Varanasi: Echoes of Eternity

As Mark Twain said, “Banaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” It is a place where timelessness surrounds you at every turn. The river Ganges, ghats, people, colors, buildings, tastes and smells all embody the essence of eternity. It’s a realm where time seems to stand still. Varanasi is a microcosm of India and the world, where various cultures, stories, lives, and faiths intersect to create a timeless world. 

In Varanasi, also Banaras or Kashi, your existence isn’t confined by conventional concepts of time and space. Here, you transcend into a world of eternity where beginnings and endings aren’t simply linear. Each moment marks a fresh commencement, and birth and death are merely events in the ongoing course of eternity. The sense of ‘Anthathi’, or endlessness, is pervasive. 

Life in Varanasi involves embracing timelessness. People constantly contemplate the notions of ‘birth’ and ‘death’, and this city by the riverside encapsulates and preserves all the wisdom of existence, life, and beyond. In Varanasi, one can hear the echoes of eternity.