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Banaras Street Private Guided Walking Tour

By Banaras Walking Tour
Free cancellation available
Price is HK$233 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

Explore this north Indian holy city through its popular ghats areas and walks through narrow streets for views of local cultures, customs and traditions, especially the history of cremation that takes place here. Explore Varanasi main ghat areas at Banaras. Walk in city streets and see plenty of temples and old buildings here. You will also the famous river Ganga. During the walking tour, you will also see the places or spots where the cremation is done here in Varanasi.

Activity location
  • Manikarnika Ghat
    • Ghasi Tola Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Hotel Ganges Grand - Varanasi
    • D-37/47 Dashashwamedh Ghat Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Banaras Street Private Guided Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
HK$233.46 x 1 AdultHK$233.46
Total
Price is HK$233.46
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Coffee and/or Tea

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Pass by)
Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most famous temple in Varanasi, also known as the Golden temple dedicated to the Lord Shiva. It was constructed in the year 1780 by the Maratha monarch, Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar of the Indore.
Manikarnika Ghat
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Manikarnika Ghat, the main burning ghat, is the most auspicious place for a Hindu to be cremated. Dead bodies are handled by outcasts known as doms, and are carried through the alleyways of the old town to the holy Ganges on a bamboo stretcher, swathed in cloth. The corpse is doused in the Ganges prior to cremation.
Nepali Temple (Kathwala Temple)
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Shri Samrajeswar Pashupatinath Mahadev Mandir, also known as the Nepali Mandir, Kanthwala Mandir and Mini Khajuraho, is one of the oldest and most famous temples in the holy city of Varanasi. This temple has great religious importance in Hinduism and is dedicated to the Lord Shiva. Constructed in the 19th century A.D by the King of Nepal, the temple is made of terracotta, stone and wood and is replica of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu.
Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
For Hindus, death should come at home or at one of the sacred Hindu pilgrimage cities. Kashi, India’s holy city situated on the banks of river Ganga, is especially favoured, for it is said that the souls of all who die there immediately attain Moksh.

Location

Activity location
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    Manikarnika Ghat
    • Ghasi Tola Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    Hotel Ganges Grand - Varanasi
    • D-37/47 Dashashwamedh Ghat Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
This activity is not accompanied by a Hong Kong licensed tour escort.

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