Varanasi Travel Articles

Want to See a Dead Body? – Varanasi, India, Asia

Varanasi, the city popularized in guidebooks for its burning ghats has always held a morbid fascination for tourists and for Ankur Ahuja.

Waiting to Die – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Christina McCrory found that life and death coexist more happily in Varanasi than in the West.

Ancient Varanasi’s Secret is Digital – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Varanasi, on the Ganges River in India, is the most important city for Hindus. But it is full of beggars, wandering cows and filth. What is, then, the elusive charm of this city that can draw travel

At Her Feet – Varanasi, India

Solbeam enters Mother

Varanasi Bhang – Varanasi, India

With the aid of a drug and the night, AJ Hoge beli

Varanasi Travel Facts

The Basics City Name: Varanasi Where is it located?: Varanasi is in northern India on the Ganges River. Why do people go there?: Mark Twain once wrote, “Benaras (Veranasi) is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Varanasi is the holiest [...]