Banaras Ghats

Welcome to the sacred banks of the Ganges River where time has flowed continuously for millennia. The city of Banaras where you stand today is recognized as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world serving as a major…

We now arrive at Dashashwamedh Ghat widely celebrated as the ceremonial heart and most dynamic focal point of all the Banaras riverfronts. This ghat is world renowned as the principal setting for the magnificent daily evening…

Moving northward from Dashashwamedh Ghat we arrive at Manmandir Ghat celebrated for its majestic royal architecture and remarkable astronomical heritage. At the center of this ghat stands the magnificent Manmandir Palace…

We now stand at Manikarnika Ghat the most revered and solemn precinct in all of Banaras where life and death exist in unbroken continuity. Known as the Maha Smashaan or the principal cremation ground and simultaneously as the…

In the immediate vicinity of Manikarnika Ghat stand remarkable temple structures that maintain an extraordinary relationship with the sacred waters of the Ganges. Among these the leaning Ratneshwar Mahadev temple presents one of…

Our journey along the sacred Ganges River from the dynamic Assi Ghat in the south through the literary Tulsi Ghat the ceremonial Dashashwamedh Ghat the royal Manmandir Ghat and the eternal fires of Manikarnika Ghat now draws to a…