Varanasi

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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.

[edit] Aarti spectacles

[edit] Morning

Morning Ganga Aarti, Varanasi.

Morning Aarti of the Ganges, ghats of Varanasi.

[edit] Evening

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

[edit] Ganga

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

[edit] Ghats

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

[edit] Boats

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

[edit] Festivals

Annual Saraswati Puja festival on Dasashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi

[edit] Historical images

Benares (Varanasi) - The River & Bridge of Boats, from the Arungzebe Mosque, India. 1866.

Benares 1890

Varanasi, 1922.

Kupuldhara Tulao, Benares, 1834.

[edit] Temples

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

[edit] Durga Mandir

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

[edit] Places of worship

Alamgir Mosque by the Ganges ghats, Varanasi

Saint Mary's Cathedral in Varanasi

[edit] Street scenes

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