Varanasi, formerly known as Kashi or Banaras, is widely regarded as one of the oldest cities on the planet. This city, famous ...

Life and death in Varanasi. This Indian city in north India is a mystical place of funeral pyres and bare-chested holy men, a city balancing ancient traditions and bumper-to-bumper traffic ...

Bathing and prayer. Varanasi has 88 ghats. In two months, I only visited a quarter of them, including my favourite, Lassi Ghat. The ghats are used chiefly for bathing rituals, for puja, and ...

I live in India and have traveled all over, but Varanasi is my favorite city. I love its street food, history, river, and ...

Varanasi is one of India’s most popular tourist spots, attracting over 40,000 foreigners per year. Unlike Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, these figures are on the rise.

But in Varanasi, one of the oldest and most spiritual living cities in world, and set against the backdrop of the River Ganges, death is deeply ingrained in everyday life. I’ve always been a bit ...

Varanasi, India. A 10-hour journey on Indian roads can be difficult and this one, fueled by faith, was more so.. Dinesh Chandra Mishra packed moth-eaten woolen blankets for the trip along with ...

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Boats loaded with wood arrive almost constantly at the ghats of Varanasi for around 200 cremations per day on the banks of India's holy Ganges river. Each pyre needs between 200 and 400 ...