Varanasi Trip Overview
Experience the culture and mystical aspect of India in this Evening tour of Varanasi which will take you along the banks of holy river Ganges on a boat ride. Be a part of the Hindu culture and its many rituals including the aarti, a classical dance.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Varanasi, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Experience the culture and mystical aspect of India in this Evening tour of Varanasi which will take you along the banks of holy river Ganges on a boat ride. Be a part of the Hindu culture and its many rituals including the aarti, a classical dance.
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Stop At: Durga Temple, 27, Durgakund Rd Jawahar Nagar Colony, Bhelupur, Varanasi 221005 India
Explore Varanasi, the land of temples in this day tour which combines an excursion to the most popular temples of Varanasi along with a cultural evening with classical dance and the magical evening Ganga aarti. Your tour will begin with your guide picking you up from your hotel at 3:00 PM and from there you’ll first make your way to the most famous and important temples of Varanasi.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Golden Temple), Lahori Tola, Varanasi 221001 India
You will also be visiting the Monkey temple, which is dedicated to the monkey God, the Tulsi Manas temple which has the one of two greatest epic Ramayana engraved on its wall. Along with this, you will also be taken to the Shri Vishwanath temple in Banaras Hindu University (it is claimed to be one of the tallest in the entire country).
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bharat Mata Temple, Vidyapith Road, Varanasi 221001 India
You will be also visiting the Bharat Mata temple or the Mother India temple (one of its kind in the entire country where rather than idol worship, there is an undivided map of India, symbolizing the true worship for one’s motherland).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Assi Ghat, Sdkfjl, Varanasi 221005 India
Once you are done with temple visit, head towards the Assi ghat for the evening aarti. An experience which is claimed to be magical by people from all around the world, it includes priests using fire as an offering to the river Ganga with the help of oil lamps. A ritual that goes back to centuries ago, is often attended by a huge number of people from around the world!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Varanasi, Varanasi, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
After attending this aarti, head for a cultural dance performance by the local artists where they enact a beautiful sketch from an epic or other mythological instance. Once you’re done you will be dropped back to your hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes
