Tapestry of daily life on a Varanasi road, in Uttar Pradesh

From the archive record

As one drivers by, life unfurls and unfolds in a multitude of mind-boggling ways for the people of Varanasi or Benarus, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Pedestrians, cycle rickshaws, auto or three wheeled rickshaws and more all coalesce into a massive melee that somehow doesn't lead to any real chaos - it all sorts out in the end and everyone gets to where they are headed! This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your