| Varanasi, the old Kashi, is the city of great wealth and | | | | It is the city with ancient religious traditions that offers |
| religious importance. It is the world's oldest city, | | | | everybody a place, a promise and a touch of Eden. It |
| contemporary with Babylon, Nineveh and Thebes, that | | | | is the world's oldest city, contemporary with Babylon, |
| finds mention in the Mahabharatha and other religious | | | | Nineveh and Thebes, that finds mention in the |
| epics. Since ancient times people from all over the | | | | Mahabharatha and other religious epics. Since ancient |
| world come here to visit the ghats and seek nirvana. | | | | times people from all over the world come here to visit |
| Varanasi 'The Religious Capital of the Hindus' is a city | | | | the ghats and seek nirvana. The ghats of Varanasi |
| of sadhus in saffron and wooden sandals; a city | | | | hum with activities all through the day. Thousand of |
| where faint strains of 'shastriya sangeet' (classical | | | | pilgrims come here to take a bathe in the holy Ganga |
| music) blends with the starry evenings dispersing deep | | | | river, while others come here to die in a hope of |
| incense of devotion and bhakti in the air. Unlike most | | | | breaking out the cycle of karma and rebirth.e cycle of |
| other sacred Indian cities, Varanasi is a unique pack for | | | | karma and rebirth. |
| the mind and body. The river, the ghats, the divine | | | | If you want to experience all this and more, get up |
| mornings, the gleaming nights - Varanasi is all this and | | | | early in the morning to take the boat cruise, exploring |
| more. | | | | the ghats on Ganga linked to the holy city. Hire a boat |
| It is the city with ancient religious traditions that offers | | | | from Dasashwamedh - the holiest of all Varnasi Ghat |
| everybody a place, a promise and a touch of Eden. It | | | | and proceed to the nearby Manikarnika Ghat - one of |
| is the world's oldest city, contemporary with Babylon, | | | | the famous burning ghat,(Harischandra Ghat being the |
| Nineveh and Thebes, that finds mention in the | | | | other). The view of sun rising sun over the Ganga |
| Mahabharatha and other religious epics. Since ancient | | | | River is truly mind-boggling. Next head to the Asi Ghat, |
| times people from all over the world come here to visit | | | | where you get the chance to witness the confluence |
| the ghats and seek nirvana. The ghats of Varanasi | | | | the Asi and Ganga rivers. Near to it, is the Varanasi's |
| hum with activities all through the day. Thousand of | | | | oldest ghat - named after famous poet Sant Tulsidas. |
| pilgrims come here to take a bathe in the holy Ganga | | | | Then visit the Darbhanga Ghat, built by one of the |
| river, while others come here to die in a hope of | | | | royal family in Bihar in the early 1990's. Stop next at |
| breaking out thVaranasi 'The Religious Capital of the | | | | Man Mandir Ghat, built by the Raja Jai Singh of Jaipur. |
| Hindus' is a city of sadhus in saffron and wooden | | | | Pssing through the Vishwanath Gali - you will come |
| sandals; a city where faint strains of shastriya sangeet | | | | across the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, built by Rani |
| (classical music) blends with the starry evenings | | | | Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore in 1776. |
| dispersing deep incense of devotion and bhakti in the | | | | In the evening, don't miss the Ganga Maiya arti at |
| air. Unlike most other sacred Indian cities, Varanasi is a | | | | Dasashwamedh ghat conducted by white five robed |
| unique pack for the mind and body. The river, the | | | | priests. Crowd joins them and the whole ambiance |
| ghats, the divine mornings, the gleaming nights - | | | | fumes with bhakti and devotion. |
| Varanasi is all this and more. | | | | |