A panoramic view from the riverfront offered an impression that was suitably exotic while keeping sufficient distant from the ...

In an interview with Esquire India, Vicky Kaushal recalled reflecting on the transient nature of life as he sat on the ...

Whether you're meditating by the river, or simply watching life unfold on the ghats, Varanasi has a way of making you see the ...

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This was my second visit to Varanasi in six months. Though the city oozes its own charm, it is heartbreaking to see how chaotic it remains. The entrance of the ...

Holi rings in the onset of spring and the end of bleak, dreary winter. The festival usually falls in the month of March as per the Gregorian calendar. It is celebrated in the month of Phagun, on the ...

Not only this, it is also believed that Lord Shiva comes to the Manikarnika Ghat in Kashi to ... Nath and Mata Mashan Kali at Harishchandra Ghat. The emergence of Naga Sadhus at the ghats of Varanasi ...

From a vantage point over Manikarnika ghat, Varanasi’s holiest cremation ghat, I looked down upon a corpse swaddled in cloth. It was lifted gently onto a pyre, covered in logs and set alight.

However, in Varanasi, the ancient city known for its spiritual and mystical traditions, Holi is played in a rather unusual and eerie way at the famous Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats.

The "City of Lights" is Varanasi and for photographers this is going to be a real feast with all of these ghats, narrow lanes and an extremely spiritual aura waiting to be captured by you.

Varanasi, Mar 11 (PTI) Devotees and Naga Sadhus celebrated the unique tradition of playing Holi with funeral ashes amid burning pyres at the Manikarnika Ghat here on Tuesday. Gulshan Kapoor, the ...

Devotees and Naga Sadhus partook in the rare 'Chita Bhasma Holi' at Manikarnika Ghat, infusing the festival with solemnity and tradition by using funeral ashes. The event saw the Naga Sadhus ...