Varanasi - The Mystical City

The city of Varanasi is an amalgamation of history, tradition, culture, art and faith. I have been to this city a few times before and every time it manages to surprise me with its rich aroma of faith. The city has got a lot of things to do for everyone around. It has got a lot of temples and old forts for history lovers and yes the city has its own kind of lip smacking street food for every food lover and how can i forget to mention the famous Banarasi Paan and Thandai. 

But the main attractions of the place are the numerous ghats and temples around. Just walking around the ghats and spending some time sitting and observing things and people around is one of the most beautiful thing one can do here, you can start your walk from the famous ghats stretching from Assi ghat to Manikarnika ghat.Trust me a walk around the ghats is a treat for those seeking solitude.

A man in deep medetetion on the ghats.

The stretch of beautiful ghats on the bank of river ganges.
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The ghats are surrounded by a labyrinth of narrow alleys, try walking around those alleys to experience how life runs at a regular pace in such narrow space. While walking there in those alleys you might feel like you re getting lost but don't worry they are somewhere connected to the main place. And yes while walking around these narrow lanes you can get some really nice subjects and objects to click pictures a true treat for photographers..!

An old man sitting on the door in the alleys.

While walking around the ghats you can see some sadhus and babas sitting on the river banks you can click some interesting potraits of them but only with their permission try having a conversation with them, they have a lot of interesting and inspiring stories to share.

A sadhu reading holy Book.

Potrait of a baba doing his make-up.

Potrait of  a Baba Smoking up.

And yes when in Varanasi you just cannot miss the early mornng boat ride on the river ganges and witness the most beautiful sunrise if you re lucky enough your boatman will sing for you like my boatman Sonu did.

Sonu busy rowing his boat and singing some nice songs.

This is the frist part of my Travel story on VARANASI a lot more coming soon.. !!