{"id":917,"date":"2015-03-31T12:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T12:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gops.org\/?p=917"},"modified":"2024-07-04T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T06:19:05","slug":"song-of-the-boat-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gops.org\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"VARANASI :: SONG OF THE BOAT MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhumi Nishad, the skilled boatman, was delighting his passengers as they cruised along the Ganga river in Varanasi. The morning boat ride in Varanasi (Kashi), India, is a truly memorable experience for all who visit. I was captivated by his singing, reminiscent of a seasoned Indian classical vocalist. India is home to many undiscovered talents waiting to be unearthed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8jsPgzluY-Q?rel=0\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A boat ride across Ganga River in the night rejuvenates the body and soul. Experience it yourself :<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hsVkhnoanQ?rel=0\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_919\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/boatman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-919\" class=\"size-full wp-image-919\" src=\"https:\/\/gops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/boatman.jpg\" alt=\"Rajkumar, the talented singer from Varanasi.\" width=\"629\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/boatman.jpg 629w, https:\/\/gops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/boatman-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bhumi Nishad, the talented singer from Varanasi.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhumi Nishad, the skilled boatman, was delighting his passengers as they cruised along the Ganga river in Varanasi. The morning boat ride in Varanasi (Kashi), India, is a truly memorable experience for all who visit. I was captivated by his singing, reminiscent of a seasoned Indian classical vocalist. India is home to many undiscovered talents waiting to be unearthed. A boat ride across Ganga River in the night rejuvenates the body and soul. Experience it yourself :<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,54,31],"tags":[34,85,226,80,42,89,44,10,38,11,53,40,231,74,155,33,41,86,43,227,228,229,230,32],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-architecture-heritage","category-travel","category-varanasi","tag-benaras","tag-boat","tag-boatman","tag-folk","tag-ganga","tag-ganges","tag-ghat","tag-gopan","tag-gopan-g-nair","tag-gops","tag-gops-photography","tag-gops-org","tag-hidden","tag-india","tag-indian","tag-kashi","tag-photography","tag-ride","tag-river","tag-sing","tag-singer","tag-song","tag-talent","tag-varanasi","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3544,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/3544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gops.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}