Varanasi Trip Overview
Varanasi erstwhile known as Kashi has been the hub of Indian culture, spiritualism and meditation since time immemorial. The city with its vibrant ghats, narrow lanes, decorated boats and colourful bazaars present a large canvass for sightseeing. In this evening walking tour we provide you expert local guide.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Varanasi, India
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> City Tours
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Varanasi erstwhile known as Kashi has been the hub of Indian culture, spiritualism and meditation since time immemorial. The city with its vibrant ghats, narrow lanes, decorated boats and colourful bazaars present a large canvass for sightseeing. In this evening walking tour we provide you expert local guide.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Varanasi Fun City, Pandeypur Panchkoshi Road, In Front of St. Mary Convent School Daniyalpur, Sona Talab, DIndayalpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, India
We will pick you in the evening at nearly 3.30 pm from your hotel in Varanasi and you will be driven in a private luxury car up to the parking. Later your tour starts on foot with the knowledgeable tour guide .First of all you taste the special drink of Varanasi –Mishrambu and then proceed to visit the Ghats like Manikarnika ghat where you visualise the Hindu cremation process. At the ghat see many corpse on the bier of bamboos and the perennial fire which is used to immolate the body. According to Hindu religion it is a bliss to be cremated at this ghat. There are many other stories and myths linked with ghat . You also happen to visit many other Ghats and savor the local street food. Finally you will be taken for special Aarti of the Ganges at Dashashwamedh Ghat. Being comfortably sitting you enjoy taking pictures of the ceremony and rituals done by a band of priests who chant hymns to appease the Ganges and the river is worshipped as an embodiment of goddess. The ceremony culminates with the clarion call and the illumination of specially prepared oil lamps. After finishing this ceremony if you want to go an shopping spree you can enjoy for one hour and finally we drop you at your hotel in the same car.
Duration: 4 hours
