Kedar Ghat
Kedar Ghat built by the Maharaja of Vijayanagar in the South is named after Shiva, who dwells in the middle of the spacious temple.This ghat is shrine popular with Bengalis and south Indians. A little below is the Gauri (Parvati) kund whose waters have healing properties.
Mansarowar Ghat
Mansarowar Ghat
was built by
Raja Man Singh of Amber and named after the Tibetan lake at the foot of Mt. Kailash, Shiva's Himalayan home.
Manikarnika Ghat
Manikarnika Ghat,one of the oldest and most sacred in Varanasi. Manikarnika is main burning ghat and one of most auspicious
places
that a Hindu can be cremated. Bodies are handled by outcasts known as doms, and they are carried through alleyways of old city to the holy Ganges on a bamboo stretcher swathed in cloth. The corpse is doused in Ganga prior to cremation. You will see huge piles of firewood stack along the top of the ghat, each log carefully weighted on giant scales so that the price of cremation can be calculated. There are no problems watching cremations, since at Manikarnika death is simply business as usual, but don't take photos and keep your camera well hidden.
Dattatreya Ghat
Dattatreya Ghat bears the footprint of Brahmin saint of that name in a small
temple nearby.
Panchganga Ghat
Panchganga Ghat
as its name indicates, is where five rivers are supposed to meet. Dominating the ghat is Aurangazeb's smaller mosque, also known as the Alamgir Mosque, which he built on the site of large vishnu temple erected
by
the Maratha chieftain Beni Madhav Rao
Scindia.
Man Mandir Ghat
This ghat was built in 1600 but was poorly restored in the 19th century. The northern corner of the ghat has a fine stone balcony and Raja Jai
Singh
of Jaipur erected one of his unusual observations on this ghat in 1710.
Harishchandra Ghat
The Harishchandra Smashan
Ghat
is a secondary burning ghat. It is one of the oldest ghats in city.
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