Status: Open public ghat
Southern ghat popular with travellers and students; morning Subah-e-Banaras programme.
Assi Ghat at the southern end of the riverfront is popular with tourists and long-stay students, and hosts the morning Subah-e-Banaras aarti and music programme.
Within 1 km of Assi Ghat.
Varanasi's principal Shiva temple, one of the twelve jyotirlingas; opens 2:30 am for Mangala aarti.
Viewpoint in Varanasi.
Home-kitchen cafe in Bengali Tola with cheap meals from 7 am.
temple in India
temple in India
Hindu temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
water sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh, India
Jain Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan's best-known temple; the Krishna image is revealed behind a curtain that opens and closes every few minutes.
Krishna Balaram Mandir of ISKCON, popular with foreign devotees; free meals and guesthouse.
White-marble temple known for its evening light shows.
Mathura's main temple (1814), lavishly decorated for Holi, Janmashtami and Diwali.
Yamuna ghat where Krishna is said to have rested after slaying Kansa; evening aarti.
Confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, reached by boat for a holy dip.
The Ram Janmabhoomi temple at Ramkot; phones, footwear and bags must be left outside.
Fort-like Hanuman temple in the centre of Ayodhya.