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📍Varanasi Ghat
Varanasi is famous for its temples, 84 ghats, labyrinthine streets, street food, and culture. It is home to one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple & is considered as holiest city in the ancient text of Hinduism. Most of the ghats in Varanasi were rebuilt in the 18th century under the maratha patronage. The patrons of current ghats are Maharajas of Benares, Marathas, Shindes (Scindias), Holkars, Bhonsles and Peshwes (Peshwas).

📍Gaay Ghat
Gaay Ghat or Gai/Gaye Ghat is an ancient ghat located on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi. Gaay Ghat has a 3ft tall sculpture of a Bull which is also why it’s called Gaay Ghat. Later in the early 19th century, this ghat along with a part of Badri Narayan Ghat was made pucca by Balabai Sitole of Gwalior State.

📍Bundi Parkota ghat
Bundi Parkota Ghat is one of the important Ghat among all other Ghats in Varanasi which were renovated in late 16th century. This Ghat was built by the King of Bundi (Rajasthan), Maharaja Rao Surjan. Adi Visheswar Shiva Temple can be found inside the palace due to which it was named as Adi Visheswar Ghat.

📍Brahma Ghat
Brahma Ghat, a sacred and historic site in the heart of Varanasi. Built at the same time as Durga Ghat to the south, Kasi Matha Sansthana monastery is located at the top of the ghat.

📍  PanchaGanga Ghat
Panchganga Ghat is believed to be the meeting point of five rivers/streams; the Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Kirana and Dhupapapa – although today only the great Ganga is visible. The stone ghat was originally built by Raghunatha Tandan, the finance secretary of the mughal king Akbar, and was renovated by Bajirao Pesava in 1735, and Sripatirao Pesava in 1775.

📍Raja Gwalior Ghat
Also built by Madhorao Pesava in 1766, often Jatara and Raja Gwalior Ghat are considered as just one entity as there is no visible architectural division.

📍Mehta Ghat
Essentially an extension of Naya and Ganesha Ghat, Metha Ghat became it’s own entity in 1962 and is named after the nearby V.S.Mehta hospital

📍Ganesh Ghat
Considered an extension to Naya Ghat, it was formally known as Agisvara Ghat but was renamed after the Ganesha temple here. The ghat was renovated between 1761 and 1772 by Madhorao Pesava.

📍Bhonsale Ghat
Distinctive looking Bhonsale Ghat was built in 1780 by Maratha king Bhonsale of Nagpur. It's a substantial stone building with small artistic windows at the top, and three heritage temples -- Lakshminarayan Temple, Yameshwar Temple and Yamaditya Temple.

📍Ganga Mahal Ghat
The second ghat of the same name in Banaras, the beautiful palace contains a temple dedicated to Krishna and Radha which was built in 1865 by queen Tarabai Raje Shinde, a Scindhia ruler from Gwalior. The ghat was constructed in the early 19th century by a king of Gwalior, and was later renovated by Govinda Bali Kiratankara.

📍Sankatha Ghat
Originally known as Yameshvara Ghat after the name of a nearby temple, Sankaha Ghat was built by the king of Baroda (Gujarat) in the late 18th century. In 1825 Beniram Pandit’s widow, known as “Panditain”, and her nephews renovated this ghat and built the temple of Sankata Devi.

📍Bajirao Ghat
This ghat and adjacent palace was built by Bajiriao Pesava in 1735. Much of this area has been subjected to landslips over the centuries, resulting in many of the structures being repaired and rebuilt by queen Baijabai of Gwalior in the 1830s. The ghat was formally known as Dattatreya Ghat, named after the nearby Dattatreyesvara temple.

📍Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple– The Leaning Temple of Banaras also known as Matri-rin Mahadev or Kashi Karvat, Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple. Tarkeshwar Mahadev Mandir, the temple is famous for having a lean of around nine degrees, a far more severe deviation from vertical compared to the likes of the leaning tower of Pisa which currently has a four degree lean.

📍Manikarnika Ghat (AKA the burning ghat)
The Manikarnika Ghat is one of the cremation sites. According to legend, Parvati hid her earrings at this site to keep Shiva from traveling around the world. She told him that she had lost the earrings on the banks of the Ganges. In this legend, whenever a body gets cremated at the Manikarnika Ghat, Shiva asks the soul whether it has seen the earrings. Hindus believe it will liberate them from the cycle of death and rebirth.

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