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Vishwanath Gali
The lane leading to the temple, packed with silk shops, brassware, prasad stalls and the city's best-known lassi shop.
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Tamatar chaat and palak chaat that locals rate above everything else in Godowlia.
Godowlia Crossing
The lane leading to the temple, packed with silk shops, brassware, prasad stalls and the city's best-known lassi shop.
The main ghat and the site of the nightly Ganga aarti, when seven priests perform a synchronised fire ritual to the river.
One of the twelve jyotirlingas and the spiritual centre of the city, reached through the new riverfront corridor opened in 2021.
A rowing boat from Assi to Manikarnika at first light — the single best way to understand how the city uses its river.
Three generations of clay-pot lassi in a lane off Vishwanath Gali.