About
Varanasi — also known as Kashi and Benares — is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities and the most sacred site in Hinduism, dedicated to Lord Shiva. For more than three millennia, pilgrims have come to bathe in the Ganges, offer prayers from the ghats and seek moksha — liberation from the cycle of rebirth. The pre-dawn boat ride, watching priests and pilgrims in the mist and half-light as the sun lifts over the river, is among the most transcendent experiences anywhere in the world. Beyond the ghats, Varanasi is a living city of silk weavers, classical musicians, Sanskrit scholars and street food vendors — its intensity and beauty inseparable.
Highlights
Festivals
Journeys
October "“ March
Delhi · Jaipur · Bharatpur · Agra · Orchha · Khajuraho · Varanasi · Delhi
October "“ March
Delhi · Amritsar · Varanasi · Agra · Jaipur · Pushkar · Jodhpur · Rawla Narlai · Udaipur · Delhi
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