Ghats of Varanasi
A directory of the ghats you'll typically pass on a Varanasi cruise route — history, location and nearby ghats for each one. Route order shown here is a suggested cruise-route sequence and may vary by trip.
Adi Keshava Ghat
Adi Keshava Ghat sits at the confluence of the Varuna and Ganga rivers and marks the tr...
Khidkiya Ghat
Khidkiya Ghat is a quieter ghat near the Varuna-Ganga confluence, historically used for...
Namo Ghat
Namo Ghat is a modern, extensively redeveloped stretch of riverfront inaugurated in 202...
Raj Ghat
Raj Ghat lies near the Malviya Bridge, the road-and-rail bridge that carries traffic ac...
Panchganga Ghat
Panchganga Ghat is traditionally believed to be the meeting point of five rivers. The g...
Trilochan Ghat
Trilochan Ghat is recognisable from the river by its twin turrets rising directly from ...
Gai Ghat
Gai Ghat is a smaller ghat named for a relief carving of a cow near its steps, sitting ...
Ram Ghat
Ram Ghat is a modest ghat associated with Lord Rama in local tradition, located along t...
Bhonsale Ghat
Bhonsale Ghat was built by the Bhonsale (Maratha) family, one of several ghats along th...
Scindia Ghat
Scindia Ghat is known for a Shiva temple that tilted and partially submerged into the r...
Manikarnika Ghat
Manikarnika Ghat is one of the most sacred cremation ghats in Hinduism, where cremation...
Lalita Ghat
Lalita Ghat is home to a Nepali-style pagoda temple dedicated to Lalita Devi, built wit...
Man Mandir Ghat
Man Mandir Ghat is known for the Man Mandir observatory, built in the early 1600s by Ma...
Meer Ghat
Meer Ghat is a smaller ghat between Man Mandir and Dashashwamedh Ghat, adjoining a Sikh...
Dashashwamedh Ghat
Dashashwamedh Ghat is the principal ghat of Varanasi and the site of the nightly Ganga ...
Rajendra Prasad Ghat
Rajendra Prasad Ghat, renamed after India's first President, sits immediately beside Da...
Munshi Ghat
Munshi Ghat was built by a minister (munshi) of the Nagpur royal family and is known fo...
Darbhanga Ghat
Darbhanga Ghat was built by the royal family of Darbhanga, Bihar, in the 20th century. ...
Chausatti Ghat
Chausatti Ghat is named after a nearby temple dedicated to the sixty-four (chausath) yo...
Kedar Ghat
Kedar Ghat is recognisable by its distinctive red-and-white striped steps, which lead u...
Chet Singh Ghat
Chet Singh Ghat takes its name from Raja Chait Singh of Varanasi, whose fortress-like r...
Shivala Ghat
Shivala Ghat is historically associated with the erstwhile royal family of Varanasi (th...
Harishchandra Ghat
Harishchandra Ghat is one of the two main cremation ghats in Varanasi, alongside Manika...
Tulsi Ghat
Tulsi Ghat is named after the poet-saint Tulsidas, who according to tradition lived nea...
Bhadaini Ghat
Bhadaini Ghat is a residential-area ghat just north of Assi Ghat, generally quieter tha...
Ravidas Ghat
Ravidas Ghat is named after the saint-poet Ravidas and lies along the southern stretch ...
Assi Ghat
Assi Ghat marks the southern end of Varanasi's continuous ghat stretch, at the confluen...