Varanasi Trip Overview
This full-day tour is tailor made for solo female travelers and group female travelers.
Varanasi is one of the most important places for Hindu culture. Varanasi offers visitors an insider’s look at local customs and traditions in one of the world’s oldest living cities. Tour the Hindu and Buddhist sites with an expert guide, including the Ganges Ghats, where pilgrims come to absolve their sins and the Sarnath, where Buddha delivered his very first sermon.
Additional Info
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Varanasi, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore Varanasi Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
This full-day tour is tailor made for solo female travelers and group female travelers.
Varanasi is one of the most important places for Hindu culture. Varanasi offers visitors an insider’s look at local customs and traditions in one of the world’s oldest living cities. Tour the Hindu and Buddhist sites with an expert guide, including the Ganges Ghats, where pilgrims come to absolve their sins and the Sarnath, where Buddha delivered his very first sermon.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Golden Temple), Lahori Tola, Varanasi 221001 India
Kashi Vishwanath Temple is regarded as one of the most popular Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Located in the heart of Varanasi, the temple is a core of faith for millions of Hindus.
Pass By: Dasaswamedh Ghat Road Bangali Tola, Varanasi 221001 India
As the name suggests, it is believed that this is the place where Lord Brahma performed the Dasa Ashwamedha sacrifice. This ghat is a religious spot and many rituals are performed here.
Pass By: Manikarnika Ghat, Ghasi Tola Road, Varanasi 221001 India
Considered as a gateway to the next life, Manikarnika Ghat is a highly sacred riverfront in India. It is believed that spending the last few days of life at the Ghat and completing the rituals of cremation here ensure a painless passing and also a way to attain freedom from the endless cycle of birth and death.
Stop At: Ashoka Pillar, Sarnath, Sarnath India
The Ashoka Pillars in India are structures erected by the Mauryan King Ashoka between 268 to 232 BC across the Indian subcontinent. They are a representation of his dynamic rule and conquests across India. While most of the pillars have either withered away or destroyed by his future rulers, 20 pillars still stand tall in India. The pillars are the earliest known stone scriptures in India and demonstrate the culture of the advanced Mauryan civilization.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Dhamek Stupa, Rishipattan Road 13 Km From Varanasi, Varanasi 221007 India
Dhamek Stupa is one of the most important sights in Sarnath and its mostly due to its antiquity and significance of being the exact spot of Buddha’s first sermon. It was here that he revealed the eightfold path leading to nirvana. The stupa is composed of a cylindrical tower that rises around 43m and the diameter of the monument is a formidable 28m. The arched niches halfway on the monument may have once held statues of the Buddha. There are lovely elaborate carvings halfway on the monument on some sides.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chaukhandi Stupa, Rishipattan Road, Varanasi 221007 India
The Chaukhandi Stupa is regarded as one of the most divine and important monuments of the Buddhist culture. This stupa has been built on the exact spot where the great Lord Buddha first met his five ascetics- to whom he later went on to preach his first teachings. The monument has been erected as a commemoration of this significant event that eventually became instrumental in the rise of the religion of Buddhism. The Chaukhandi Stupa is an evolution over burial mounds and serves as a shrine to the great Lord Buddha.
Duration: 40 minutes
