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Varanasi is known as the City of Temples, Ghats and lanes. This morning tour with boat is recommended to start your day with spiritual aarti ceremony, amazing boat ride on Ganges, walking in lanes and experiencing local people offering prayers to their deities, making a visit to popular temples and shrines, experiencing early Morning Aarti and Sunrise over river Ganges. We will meet wrestlers, sadhus, local gyaanis and also enjoy the very local breakfast. The golden hue of morning in the holy city is worth to capture while sipping down the local Chai. We Places covered: Assi Ghat, Rani Laxmibai Birthplace, LolarkKund, Wrestling Joint (Akhara), Tulsi Ghaat, Boat Ride, Morning Aarti, few important temples, hidden lanes and alleys. Inclusions - Boat Ride , any conveyance if used for tour, Chai, Breakfast, Guiding Fees. Meeting Point – Kashi Café, Assi Ghat Duration of Tour – 3 Hours (5.30am to 8.30am) Other things to note Its a walking tour and boat ride (not in monsoons) with local attractions. Please wear easy and comfortable clothes and footwears in morning. Since we will be visiting temples, the attire must be apt.

We will meet at a pre-decided location and drive to Sarnath which is approximately 15 kilometers out of Varanasi. Visit Sarnath, one of the most important Budhist centres. It is the site where Lord Buddha had preached his first sermon or in religious language, set in motion the Wheel of Law (Dharmachakra-Pravarttana) enshrining the principles of his teaching into laws. At Sarnath, Lord Buddha also laid the foundation of Sangha or the order of monks. Sarnath remained an active center of Buddhism up to the end of the twelfth century. Centers of learning arose and many sects and sub-sects flourished here, until the Moslems plundered and raised it to the ground. Other things to note: It takes approximately 45 minutes to drive from the city to Sarnath depending upon the traffic condition. Entrance ticket-INR 300 for the excavated ruins & INR 5 for museum. Free entry for children below the age of 15. This experience is LGBTQ friendly. Private group tours are available on request.

It`s a truly amazing experience of the holy city that one may enjoy while on a trip to Varanasi. It’s a walk through lanes, bazaars, Ghats and at the end has an experience of the vibrant and choreographed Aarti ceremony the city is known for. This is a highly recommended tour and is a more holistic way to experience the city of temples, the city of eternity, city where souls attain Nirvana. Places covered: Godowlia Market, Bazaars, Vishwanath Gali, Bangles Market, Khoya Gali, Thathehri Gali, Kachori Gali, Nariyal bazar, Kites Market, Dal Mandi, Kinari Bazar, Chowk Area, Flower Market, Evening Aarti. Inclusions – 1 Bottle Water Per Person, Guiding Fees. Meeting Point – PDR Mall Box Office, Luxa Road, Godowlia.

We go for a evening boat ride by the sunset and witness the activities by the river side in the evening, watch the cremation at Manikarnika Ghat from the boat. Learn about the cremation. Finally stop at Dasaswamedh Ghat to enjoy the Ganga Aarti ceremony from your private boat. At dusk, we take a local boat on what is referred to as the `River of Heaven’ immersing in daily ritual, rich with the chanting of priests, sound of temple bells and fragrance of flowers and incense. We see brahmins along the banks invoking Lord Shiva, most powerful in the Hindu trinity, with a ceremonial ritual known as Aarti. Aarti is a Sanskrit word for homage or devotion. The aarti or offering of lamps is observed at prescribed hours of the day and night to invoke the gods. It is believed that the gods physically present themselves before devotees at this ceremony. Lamps are revolved before the idol in a clockwise manner along with the chanting of hymns. This recitation is accompanied by drums, blowing of the conch-shell and the tolling of temple bells. At the end of the `aarti’, the priest takes a handful of water which he revolves around the god's idol. This is to pacify `agni’ (the fire god), who is pressed into service in the form of a wick lamp. The lamps themselves are charged with this "presence" and thus after the ceremony devotees collect the fumes and smear their faces with its aroma. Other things to note We will walk for approximately 200 meteres through lanes and bazaars to reach the river. We will have to walk down approximately 80 steps to reach to the boat and do the same at the end of the experience. Wheel chairs can be arranged on a prior notice. Please drop us a message while booking. Thanks

This special walk aims at giving an insight about the significance of Varanasi as a place for Death & Liberation, where elderly people come to spend their later years just to get an opportunity to die and get liberated from the recycle of birth & death. Visit the cremation ghat and learn about the death rituals in Hinduism there, may be you get an opportunity to see an Aghori sadhu performing rituals at the cremation to attain spiritual gains and and finally visit an Ashram and meet an Aghori Sadhu who has renounced his worldly life and living the life of an ascetic since last 3 decades. You can interact with him, ask questions if you have any any and learn about the spiritual journey. Other things to note We will have to walk down to the cremation ground which will include walking up and down the stairs from the road to the river bank. This experience is LGBTQ friendly. Private group walks are available on request. Please get in touch.