Water, with its religious connotations as a symbol of purification and life, holds great significance in many cultures. Nowhere is this respect for water more evident than in India, a country that ...

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. Cleaning ...

This monsoon, Modi’s much-vaunted “beautification” project is threatening to wreck havoc on the iconic ghats of Varanasi and life around them, as many residents had feared. As floodwaters submerged ...

This new tourist destination, which is being added to the map of Varanasi, will be directly connected to water, land and sky. It would now be easier to reach the ghat from the airport and the ...

The name signages have already been installed at several ghats,” said D Vasudevan, general manager of Varanasi Smart City ... Likewise, a map signage will be put up at tourist facility centre ...

But the shape of the geological fault through which the Ganga water flows along Varanasi exacerbates the effect of the groundwater depletion along the riverfront and the ghats. “High water velocity ...

Start off your time in Varanasi at Assi Ghat where life begins with this holy ... this temple has been carved out of marble ...