Varanasi Tour Operators

Varanasi, also known as Banaras and Kashi, is one of the oldest and continuously inhabited cities in the world. Known as the city of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, it is the holiest of all Hindu cities. It is widely believed that anyone who dies or is cremated here will attain moksha or the person would be eternally liberated from the cycle of birth and death. Hence, it is also called the Mukti Sthala (place of liberation). In fact, a dip in the Ganges river is said to cleanse all the sins. To many visitors, the sight of pilgrims taking a holy dip in the river during sunrise and sunset presents a mesmerising experience. Every evening the aarti is performed on the main ghat of Varanasi. The most fascinating aspect of this mystical city are the rites and rituals performed alongside the many ghats, which are used for everything from bathing, to aarti to burning bodies of the dead. These apart, you will find people doing yoga, getting massages and playing games of cricket along the edge of the river.
Varanasi is a very popular pilgrimage point for Hindus, and the older part of Varanasi, which has thrived on the banks of the river Ganga, is an integral part of the very infrastructure of the city, with thousands of people flocking there for salvation and purification. All chaos and noise on the ghats of Varanasi take a pause when the Ganga Aarti takes place in the evening, a ceremony of immense grandeur and opulence, with pandits lining up to perform rituals that are no less than a performance for the senses. The city in and around the ghats has a certain rhythm to it. Narrow maze-like lanes and by-lanes arouse instant intrigue and fascination, while the street art dotting the stretch alongside the ghats makes for a great outpouring of artistic expression. Varanasi also boasts of a marvelous architectural heritage, as can be seen in the scores of temples dotting the city. Varanasi has something to offer to everyone who visits the city - be it the clamor of the station, to navigating the mysterious alleyways, to finding serenity on the banks of the Ganges. Varanasi is India in all her glory, as it has been for thousands of years, and as it will be for a thousand more.