The southernmost main ghat, quieter than Dashashwamedh, with a morning aarti, yoga sessions and a student crowd from the university.
The 5:30am Subah-e-Banaras programme — aarti, classical music and yoga — is free and far less crowded than the evening ceremony.
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A rowing boat from Assi to Manikarnika at first light — the single best way to understand how the city…
The Maharaja of Banaras's 18th-century riverside fort across the Ganga, with a gloriously eccentric…
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The main ghat and the site of the nightly Ganga aarti, when seven priests perform a synchronised fire…
The lane leading to the temple, packed with silk shops, brassware, prasad stalls and the city's…