A beautiful intention! Varanasi (also called Kashi or Benares) is intensely alive — full of ritual, color, sound, and pace. Slowing down here means embracing the rhythm rather than resisting it. Below are suggestions and ideas for how to live more slowly, mindfully in Varanasi.

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The most famous attraction in Varanasi are the ghats. These are the stairs that lead to the River Ganges. There are many different ghats...

The aarti ceremony held in the evening at the Dashashwamedh Ghat is very popular and cannot be missed. The aarti ceremony takes place after sunset around 6.30 PM in the presence of lots of people. The aarti is performed using brass lamps along with the rhythmic chanting of the mantras by the pupils of the Upanishads and Vedas. The lamps, the mantras, the ganges.. all together it is a very magical event and it made me very emotional. It is difficult to explain, the best thing