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the Government of India granted permits to three private cruise ships to operate along the ghats of Varanasi - the small staircases which descend to quays and cremation facilities along the river. The ...

Known as the spiritual heart of India, Varanasi’s riverfront ghats echo with chants, prayers, and the rhythm of the flowing Ganges. The city itself is an embodiment of continuity — the ...

Varanasi stands out as a city of ancient river ghats and spiritual activities because visitors can witness beautiful sunrise and sunset views. When the sun touches the Ganges River it produces a ...

Discover the top 10 things to do in Rishikesh, the Yoga Capital of the World—from yoga retreats and Ganga Aarti to river ...

In the mornings in Varanasi, the air on the banks of the Ganges fills with the scent of burning bodies. On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks ...

the befouling of the Ganges as it flows past the Hindus' holiest city comes almost entirely from human excreta. The boat deposits me at Tulsi Ghat, near the upriver entrance to Varanasi ...

Everywhere people bathe along the river’s hundreds of ghats (stone steps), many hop bamboo-platformed ferry boats, prayers and music ring out from towns behind jute plantations. “The Ganges is ...

There are more than 80 ghats along the river, some dedicated to worship, others to cremation. This is the city of Shiva and for Indian Hindus, burning on the funeral pyres by the Ganges means ...

Manikarnika Ghat is a sacred cremation site located on the banks of the Ganges River in the holy city of Varanasi, India. The ghat is a popular and important Hindu pilgrimage site, where the ...

To them, the Ganges is not merely a river ... of India introduced three private cruise ships to operate along the ghats of Varanasi. The boatmen argue that the cruise liners adversely impact ...