{"id":119715,"date":"2017-03-14T23:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=50792"},"modified":"2017-03-14T23:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:33:06","slug":"spiritual-sojourn-steve-waugh-varanasi-times-india-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=119715","title":{"rendered":"A spiritual sojourn for Steve Waugh in Varanasi | Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh was on a spiritual sojourn in Varanasi on Tuesday. The all-rounder, who reached\u00a0Dashashwamedh Ghat in the afternoon, headed for\u00a0Manikarnika Ghat on a boat, where he immersed the ashes of his friend Stephen, who passed away few months back.<\/p>\n<p>Though he was reluctant to interact with the media, Steve revealed that he had met Stephen a few years back in\u00a0Australia. Stephen was closely associated with ISKCON ( International Society Of Krishna Consciousness ) and had wished that his ashes be immersed in the Ganga in Varanasi.<\/p>\n<p>Steve, who performed the ritual for about half an hour, later went for a boat ride across the river. He was fascinated with the graffiti on the walls on the ghat and even took photos of them. He also explored a bit of the city through the lanes near the ghat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\" data-msid=\"57537653\">\n<div style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/img\/57537653\/Master.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Waugh was quite taken with the graffiti on the walls in Varanasi<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While our sources in Varanasi say that the last rites were for Steve&#8217;s friend Stephen, some Australian and other media reports say that it was for Brian Rudd, a shoe shiner from Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh was on a spiritual sojourn in Varanasi on Tuesday. The all-rounder, who reached\u00a0Dashashwamedh Ghat in the afternoon, headed for\u00a0Manikarnika Ghat on a boat, where he immersed the ashes of his friend Stephen, who passed away few months back. Though he was reluctant to interact with the media, Steve revealed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}