Varanasi - City Guide
The major attractions of Banaras are its long string bathing and burning ghats that line the western bank of river Ganga. About 100 big and small ghats were built during eighteen and nineteen centaury, some of them wheathered away, while most of the ghats are pavilions and palaces, temples and tarraces. Every ghat has its own religious significance, but bathing in the five most important ones – Assi, Dasashwamedh, Harishchandra, Panchganga and Manikarnika in the same order on the same day absolves pilgrims from their sins. According to legend these five most secred water fronts the body parts of Lord Assi is the head; Dashaswamedha is the chest; Manikarnika is the naval; Panchganga is the thighs and Adikeshava is the feet.
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Some of the important ghats are listed below
| Assi Ghat | Kedara Ghat | Man Mandir Ghat | Sankatha Ghat |
| Tulsi Ghat | Chauki Ghat | Tripura Ghat | Venimadhava Ghat |
| Shivala Ghat | Mansarovar Ghat | Mir Ghat | Panchaganga Ghat |
| Hanuman Ghat | Narada Ghat | Nepali Ghat | Hanumanagadhi Ghat |
| Paschhim (old Hanuman) Ghat |
Chaunsathi Ghat | Lalita Ghat | Adi Keshva Ghat |
| Harish Chandra Ghat | Ahilaya Ghat | Manikarnika Ghat | |
| Dashavamedha Ghat | Prayaga Ghat | Scindia Ghat |
