Namaste / Jai Shri Ram
How locals say hello in Varanasi
Winter (NovemberโFebruary) โ avoid monsoon for ghat walks
Hire a boat at dawn to witness the Ganga Aarti from the water โ watching from the ghats is crowded. Negotiate the price before boarding.
Varanasi is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth, with settlement traceable to at least 1200 BCE โ older than Rome, older than Athens. Hindus call it Kashi, City of Light, and believe that dying here guarantees moksha, liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Mark Twain wrote of it: 'Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.'
Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world โ over 3,000 years old. Mark Twain wrote: 'Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend.'
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