There are cities you visit, and then there are cities that visit you—haunt you, hold you, heal you. Kashi, also known as ...

The Varanasi Ghats are fashioned out of a necessity to adapt to the ever-changing water levels of the Ganga.The river experiences significant fluctuations in depth, varying by approximately 10-15 ...

Assi Ghat is the southernmost of the 84 ghats along the Ganga that form the core of Varanasi. The ghat gets its name from its location at the confluence of Ganga and Assi, a tributary.

Varanasi’s ghats are set on the banks of the Ganges, a sacred river for the Hindus. Varanasi is home to around 87 ghats where pujas and aartis are conducted every day.

Varanasi's legends go back some 10,000 years, to the oldest epics of Hindu literature, including the Puranas, the Vedas and the Mahabharata. They say Varanasi is the city of Lord Shiva, who walked ...

Varanasi's iconic ghats face Ganga threat, scientists flag dangers of land subsidence Scientists at the Banaras Hindu University and Chapman University in the US, who combined data from satellites ...

Directing officials concerned to carry out a special drive for decorating buildings and ghats on December 14, 15, and 16, Yogi said, “Prime minister has renovated KV temple with great determination.

Varanasi: Banaras apne ghat, saari aur paan ke liye sabse mashoor hai (The ghats’ saaris and paan of Varanasi are famous),” said 21-year-old Deepak, a boatman, ...

People use boats to carry bodies for cremation at the flooded Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi on Monday. PTI picture Inaugurating his government’s pet project, the Kashi ...

The National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), Kolkata, has made a map of Varanasi using spatial technology under its Golden Map Service project. Nag was here to take part in the ...

Heritage sites, ghats and historical monuments in Varanasi will soon have ‘smart signages’ with Quick Response (QR) code as part of the ‘smart city’ project.

Varanasi is set for a grand and majestic Dev Deepawali celebration on Monday, with 12 lakh earthen lamps illuminating the ghats of Kashi. Among these, one lakh lamps will be made from cow dung.