Varanasi, India’s holiest city ... Read more: The town where everyone lives in the same building As night descends, head to Dashashwamedh Ghat for the spectacular Ganga Aarti.

Earlier, on Monday morning, explosion of a gas cylinder triggered fire in a night market under the Chowkaghat flyover in front of Varanasi Cantt railway station. Firefighters doused the flames and ...

Organising events on the ghats of the Ganga in Varanasi will now require paying a fee to the municipal corporation, an official said on Tuesday. Before this, organisers only had to seek permission ...

Tirupati: Municipal administration & urban development minister P. Narayana said that the construction of the ghat at the Sri Talpagiri Ranganatha Swamy temple in Nellore will be completed within ...

The view from the riverfront became ... emphasis on the towering presence of the ghats. Babu Jageshwar Prasad, “Minaret and Punch Ganga Ghat (Varanasi)”, Silver albumen print mounted on ...

All fish and meat shops have been ordered to remain shut during Navratri. In a first, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation has said that all fish and meat shops within its limits will remain closed ...

Said to be a sacred ritual, devotees play Holi with ashes from cremation pyres. This age-old tradition, believed to be as ancient as Kashi itself, takes place five days before Holi, signaling the ...

Instead of grand religious imagery, they focused on daily life—the bustling markets, people at the ghats, and the city’s lived reality. S. G. Thakar Singh’s 'Varanasi in the Morning' (1952 ...