VARANASI: The serpentine lanes of Varanasi's Lallapura neighbourhood wear a badge of honour distinct from the halo of spirituality that crowns this ancient city on the banks of the Ganga.

Even residents get lost in the labyrinthine lanes of Varanasi, believed to be as ancient as Babylon. Shukla tries to calm Mishra. "Don't worry," he tells him. "Your father will die soon." ...

On Mauni Amavasya, Varanasi saw a massive influx of pilgrims, with around 10 lakh taking a holy dip, stretching police resources amid crowd management efforts.

The "City of Lights" is Varanasi and for photographers this is going to be a real feast with all of these ghats, narrow lanes and an extremely spiritual aura waiting to be captured by you.

From lazy strolls through ancient alleys to sacred rituals along the Ganges, Varanasi in winter promises memories of a ...

Varanasi belongs to the dead as much as to the ... The family will shoulder the stretcher and carry it down the narrow lanes to the ghats. Sometimes a band plays, because death in Kashi is not ...

On Mauni Amavasya, Varanasi saw a massive influx of pilgrims, with around 10 lakh taking a holy dip, stretching police resources amid crowd management efforts. Lanes and roads leading to Ghats in ...