There are cities you visit, and then there are cities that visit you—haunt you, hold you, heal you. Kashi, also known as ...

Neither ghat maintains an official death registry. But on June 3, only three corpses had arrived at Harishchandra ghat until 3 pm. “Murda aayega to kamaiyi hai, nahi aayega to nahi hai,” said ...

It is common belief among Hindus that performing last rites at sacred Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats of Kashi opens the gates for ‘moksha’, but the wait of the dead for salvation is ...

The alleys of Varanasi or Benaras or Kashi, and its ghats, do that to you. A city where the presiding deity is the creator-preserver-destroyer, thoughts around life and death hang thick.

It is also said that when someone dies and is cremated in Kashi, specifically the Manikarnika ghat of Kashi, Shiv ji himself comes and blows the ‘Tarak mantra’ in their ear.

Planning a trip to Varanasi? These 5 famous ghats in Kashi, from Manikarnika to Assi Ghat, offer a mix of spirituality, ...

The ghats, the stairs and platforms at the water's edge, stretch the entire length of Kashi, as if the old city were leaning toward the water. There are over 80 ghats, and each has its own name ...

According to the puranic sources, there are five key ghats on the riverfront which are important because of their association with a defining feature of the holy city of Kashi: Assi Ghat ...

First-time writer Priyanka Champaneri sets her expansive novel The City of Good Death in Varanasi. From the bylanes and ghats of her Kashi, emerges a saga encompassing death and the hereafter ...