For easy cut-n-paste:
rsync --stats -av --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found","*/.cache/*"} -e "ssh" --rsync-path="sudo rsync" wkumari@vimes.kumari.net:/ vimes_rsync
The cute trick here is to call rsync as 'sudo rync'.