1. Banaras Ghat
A truly fantastic and very fascinating place to visit
All human life and death happens here
May not be to everyone’s taste but as a cultural experience I think that it is great.
2. Sarnath
Visited Sarnath in the afternoon , could really not understand the reason for the hype ..
I mean it’s a normal Buddhism spot and temple .. but nothing extraordinary.
I would skip it.
Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Golden Temple(Kashi vishwanath)
Best part of this temple is that it is unlike my visit to any other
temple in any other temple city. There are no goons posing as pandits
and forcing you to buy things and take part in rituals to worship Shiva
in the right manner. The crowd that queues up to enter the temple are
well managed by a huge number of police personnels and so there is no
breaking of queue, or pushing, and shoving. It's peaceful visit to the
inner precincts of the temple.
4.Harishchandra Ghat
This is the most prominent Ghat on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi used
for cremation. People from distant place bring the body of their near
and dear ones to get cremated here for swift passage to heavenly abode
and perform their last
rites and rituals according to hindu doctrines.
It’s name is because of King Harish Chandra, who once worked at the
cremation ground here for the perseverance of truth and charity.
5.Tulsi Manas Temple
The
Tulsi Manas mandir - in remembrance of Tulsidas, who translated
Ramayana from Sanskrit (written by Valmiki) to Hindi dialects, called
Ramcharitmanas. The temple, made of marble, hosts various art work
relating to Ramayana events. It is located at Durgakund very close to
the Durga Temple and around 700m from the Sankat Mochan temple.
6. Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple
Sankat Mochan temple is one of the locally popular temples for Lord
Hanuman - it was quite crowded. Camera and mobile phones are not allowed
in this temple. We spent around 10 minutes. We skipped the long queue
and still where able to have very good dharshan from outside the main
sanctum.
Sankat Mochan Temple of Shri Hanuman Ji (version of northindia) OR Shri
Anjeneya (version of Southindia) is a very popular and old temple in
Varanasi, located near BHU Lanka area. Twin banyan tree, senthoram
prasadham and Peda sweet are the specialities of this old temple. Lord
Ram temple is also located within the premises.
7. Kedar Ghat
The beautiful ghat with mind blowing surrounding.. Many foreigners visit the
place. Love the are of the ghat.This is the Ghat where people bathe and worship sun God.
The temple can be maintained much better, given the prime location of
the Ghat area and the spectacular views at the Ghat side of the temple.
Its worth spending some quality time at the Ghat side. Besides the
divine aspects, the colorful happenings at the Ghats right from boat
rides.
8.Monkey Temple (Durga Temple)
The temple is dedicated to goddess Durga and hence painted red
Located near a water Body which has been developed by fountain which hardly operates.
Built in 18th century had lots of money in and around in earlier days that is why it is also known as monkey temple.
Located near a water Body which has been developed by fountain which hardly operates.
Built in 18th century had lots of money in and around in earlier days that is why it is also known as monkey temple.
9.Dasaswamedh Ghat
Dasaswamedh Ghat is very famous because of the Ganga arati. A huge crowd
gathered there to see arati at around 6 pm. Very close to Kashi
Vishwanath temple. Good place for photography or just to sit and watch
people or to go for a boat ride around Ganga ghats.
10.Annapurna Devi Mandir
Nice
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