Varanasi

Temples on the bank of Ganges, Varanasi.

Varanasi, also commonly known as Benares or Banaras and Kashi, is a city situated on the left (west) bank of the River Ganga (Ganges) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Aarti spectacles

Morning

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  Boat ride at Sunrise, on the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  Sunrise boat ride, Varanasi.
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  Morning Ganga Aarti, Varanasi.
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  Salutations to the Ganges at sunrise, Varanasi.
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  Morning Aarti of the Ganges, ghats of Varanasi.
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  Morning Aarti of the Ganges at sunrise, Varanasi.
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  Ganges River bank in the morning, Varanasi.

Evening

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  Ganga aarti at Varanasi.
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  Ganga Aarti with incense at Varanasi ghats.
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  Evening Ganga aarti with incense at Ganga ghat, Varanasi.
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  Incense aarti at Dashaswamedh ghat, Varanasi.
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  Incense smoke Aarti, Ganges, Varanasi.
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  Lamps in preparation for evening aarti, at Ganges Ghat, Varanasi.
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  Evening Ganges aarti lamp held aloft, Varanasi.
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  Multi-tiered aarti stand being lit, during Ganga Aarti, Varanasi.
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  Preparation for incense aarti of Ganges, Varanasi Ghats.
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  Aarti raised up during evening Ganga aarti, Varanasi.
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  Evening Ganga Aarti, at Dashashwamedh ghat, Varanasi.
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  Evening Aarti, at Dashashwamedh ghat
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  Aarti singers during evening Ganga aarti, Varanasi.

Ganga

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  Sunrise boat rides on the Ganges, Varanasi
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  Dawn on the river Ganges, Varanasi
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  Sunrise boat ride on the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  Dashashwamedha ghat on the Ganga, Varanasi.
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  Ganges in the dry season, with crops growing on the banks, Varanasi.
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  Early morning view of Ahilya ghat in Varanasi.
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  Ganga panorama.
• Varanasi Ganges River panorama.
  Varanasi Ganges River panorama.
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  Early morning view of Varanasi city from the opposite bank.

Ghats

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  Ganga ghat in the morning, Varanasi.
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  Burning ghats of Manikarnika, Varanasi.
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  Ganga ghat with a Shivling, Varanasi.
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  Aikya Linga on the Ganga Ghants, in Varanasi.
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  Young flower seller at Varanasi ghats.
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  Ahilya Ghat by the Ganges, Varanasi.

Boats

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  Sunrise Boat ride, on the Ganges, an essential in Varanasi.
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  Boats by the ghats, on the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  Boat by the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  Morning boatride on the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  Boats at the Ganges at sunrise
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  Boat ride on the Ganges, Varanasi.

Festivals

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  Annual Saraswati Puja festival on Dasashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi

Historical images

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  Shivala Ghat, Benares, Varanasi, by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840), dated 1790.
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  Benares (Varanasi) - The River & Bridge of Boats, from the Arungzebe Mosque, India. 1866.
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  Benares 1890
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  Varanasi, 1922.
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  Temples and Bathing Ghat at Benares, by Edwin Lord Weeks, ca 1833-1835.
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  Kupuldhara Tulao, Benares, 1834.
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  'Benares' (No. 1), oil on canvas painting by Charles W. Bartlett. 1927

Temples

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  Vishwanath/ Birla Mandir
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  Old temple
• Submerged Shiva temple, 150 years ago at Scindia Ghat, Varanasi.
  Submerged Shiva temple, 150 years ago at Scindia Ghat, Varanasi.
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  Ganga Keshav Temple, dedicated to Lord Vishnu, built by Maharaja of Nepal, at Lalita Ghat on the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  An old temple in Varanasi
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  A Shiva temple in Varanasi.
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  Sri Anandamayi Ma statues in the Ananda Jyoti Mandir, Varanasi.

Durga Mandir

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  Durga Mandir Corner View
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  Front - Left Corner View
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  Front
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  Wall Stone work
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  Wall Stone work
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  Wall Stone Work
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  Wall Stone work and Sculpture
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  Stone Elephant on Wall
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  Yagya at the temple
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  Yagya at the temple
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  Sculpture
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  Side View

Places of worship

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  Alamgir Mosque by the Ganges ghats, Varanasi
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  Saint Mary's Cathedral in Varanasi

Cuisine

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  Aloo ki sabzi (Potato Curry) and Puri, typical morning snack, Varanasi.
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  Puris (left) and Samosas (right) being deep fried, at a shop in Varanasi.
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  A Lassi shop in Varanasi.
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  A sweet shop in Varanasi, with Gulab Jamun (bottom).
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  Paan, (betel leaves) being served with silver foil, Sarnath near Varanasi.

Street scenes

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  Religious article vedor, on the ghats, Varanasi.
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  A shop selling wedding items and lacquered wooden sindoor boxes, a specialty of Varanasi.
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  Colourful necklaces on sale at a street stall, Varanasi.
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  A bull walking through the bylanes of Varanasi.
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  A Milkman's cycle, Varanasi
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  Kite flying in Varanasi
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  Doors with Aum signs, Varanasi.
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  Mother Teresa's Hospital, Varanasi.
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  Graffiti, Goats and Ghats, Varanasi.

People

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  Sadhu in Varanasi
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  A sadhu by the Ghats on the Ganges, Varanasi.
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  A sadhu playing flute, Benaras.

See also

• Sarnath, a Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddha gave his first sermon, near Varanasi.