My train arrived at Varanasi station in the morning at 6:45 a.m. .Sonu Bhaiyya hired an auto which dropped us at Godowlia Chowk.We checked in at Prakash Guest House a nice budget hotel near Dashaswamedh Ghat.
From our room's balcony I could see the ancient Brahaspati Temple really beautiful.
In Varanasi many ghats are along River Ganges like Dashaswamedh Ghat, Assi Ghat ,Maharana Ghat, Darbhanga Ghat etc. .Dashaswamedh Ghat was really clean and river Ganges was really wide and you can see it till horizon across its length.Later we rested and had our lunch at Keshari Ruchikar Byanjan Restaurant.
It was a very hot day for roaming around in the streets so we decided to visit near by P.D.R. Mall. 'V' Mart had really nice t-shirts at the cheapest price. Funny thing when we asked a Rickshaw puller fare for Assi Ghat he said 80 Rs.Assi in hindi which means 80.
In the evening I went to see Ganga Aarti which goes on for 1 hour and so many people including foreigners come to see it.
Later we took a walk and had dinner at Hotel Vibhav Harsh. It has a completely south-Indian vegetarian restaurant. A guy stands there with traditional jug 'lota' over wash-basin to help people cleanse their hands before dinner. It's an A.C. restaurant with very good service and food was just awesome. We ordered Soth-Indian thal 'dinner' .
Sonu Bhaiyya was nice and informed me about all and everything.
Next day in the morning we went to Assi Ghat where I took the holy dip in the River Ganges.
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| After a refreshing holy dip in the river Ganges. |
On Assi ghat is a water kiosk providing clean drinking water to public.
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| In Sarnath |
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