Itinerary
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Stop At: Ganges River, Varanasi India
Ghats in Varanasi are riverfront steps leading to the banks of the River Ganges
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Dasaswamedh Ghat Road, Varanasi 221001 India
Main Ghat of Varanasi
Duration: 1 minute
Pass By: Manikarnika Ghat, Lahori Tola near Lalita Ghat, Varanasi 221001 India
Manikarnika Ghat, the main burning ghat, is the most auspicious place for a Hindu to be cremated. Dead bodies are handled by outcasts known as doms, and are carried through the alleyways of the old town to the holy Ganges on a bamboo stretcher, swathed in cloth.
Stop At: Ganga Aarti, B1/150 C1 Assi ghat jagannath gully, Varanasi 221005 India
Aarti is a Hindu ritual, in which light is offered to one or more deities. Aarti also refer to the songs sung in praise of the deity, when offering of lamps is being offered.
Hindus in India worship the river Ganges as goddess. Every evening in Varanasi, aarti is performed at the Dashashwamedh ghat. We can watch it from the ghat or from the waterside in a boat. It is a beautiful, resonant, and majestic spectacle with a very precise choreography involving rituals performed by several priests with the sound of bells, drums, cymbals, and Sanskrit mantras. The river is also worshiped with flower petals.
Duration: 2 hours