Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nearby attractions
Varanasi Ghats
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Nearly ninety stone ghats step down to the Ganga in one of Earth's oldest living cities, where pilgrims bathe at dawn, priests whirl fire at the evening Ganga Aarti, and life and death flow side by side at Dashashwamedh, Assi and Manikarnika. A dawn boat ride past the waking ghats is among India's most unforgettable experiences.
Assi Ghat
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
The southernmost great ghat where the Assi meets the Ganga — dawn 'Subah-e-Banaras' ragas, yoga and the young Kashi's café energy.
Bharat Mata Mandir Varanasi
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
A temple with no gods — only a great marble relief map of undivided India, inaugurated by Gandhi in 1936 as a shrine to the motherland.
Tulsi Manas Mandir
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
A white-marble Rama temple on the spot where Tulsidas wrote the Ramcharitmanas — its walls inscribed with the entire epic.
Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Tulsidas's own Hanuman shrine by the Assi stream, where besan laddoos and temple monkeys bless the reliever of troubles.
Ramnagar Fort
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
The Kashi Naresh's 1750 sandstone fort across the Ganga, its eccentric museum of vintage cars, palanquins and astronomical clocks.
New Vishwanath Temple BHU
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
The tallest temple tower in India (253 ft) rising from Banaras Hindu University's green campus, open to all faiths by Malaviya's design.
Sarnath
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
The deer park where the Buddha preached his first sermon — Dhamek stupa, Ashoka's lion-capital pillar and monasteries of every Buddhist nation.
Chunar Fort
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
A sandstone crag fort commanding a Ganga bend since Vikramaditya's age — fought over by Sher Shah, Humayun and the Company.