Subtotal: ₹1,500.00
Varanasi Ganga Aarati at Dashashwamedh Ghat Tour.
This Varanasi Ganga Aarati at Dashashwamedh Ghat is performed daily every evening on the bank of holy river mother Ganga or Ganges
- Visit offbeat place during the tour with a local guide.
- Stroll through beautiful Varanasi Ghats with your camera.
- Ghats, temples and many more things to explore.
- Enjoy the Varanasi Ganga Aarati performed at Dashashwamedh Ghat by seven brahmins.
Highlights:
Our licensed tour guide will meet you at the meeting point hotel Ganges Grand and then walk with you towards the Ganga Aarati Ghat Dashashwamedh Ghat. The guide will help you to arrange your sitting spot from where you can watch the evening Aarati. The ghat is fully crowded at the time of Aarati so its advisable to book your tour in advance and arrive on time. The evening Ganga aarati is performed by 7 Brahmins at Dashashwamedh and 5 Brahmins at Prayag Ghat next to it everyday with sometimes live music performance along with the chants of Mantras dedicated to mother Ganga.
The priest sings the song Jai Jai Bhagirathi Nandini ……. which literally means . O daughter of Bhagirath! (name of a king who brought the Ganges down from heaven to earth by his austerities.)Glory, all glory to you. You are like the moonbeams for the chakors (a type of partridge traditionally supposed to live on moonbeams) of numerous sages. Humans, serpents and gods pray to you.
After the Arati the guide will drop you off at the meeting point location or you can discuss together for the better according to your ease.
About the Activity:
- Get picked up from the meeting point outside of hotel Ganges Grand ( Link – https://maps.app.goo.gl/DdiAswdHY6qL3iNW9 ) at 06:00 HRS to 18:00 HRS and embark on the exciting Guided Walking Tour of the Ganga Aarati at Dashashwamedh Ghat Tour with your companions.
- Grab the opportunity to visit the magnificent city Varanasi, the city of Nirvana, the center of Hindu rituals and traditions.
- Watch cremation, prayers and happenings along the river Ganges.
- Reach the ghat and observe closely the Hindu rituals performed by priests in the morning.
- Enjoy the various ghats and Galis( alleyways) by walk such as Man Mandir Ghat, Shivala Ghat, Dashaswamedh Ghat, Manikarnika Ghat, Kedar Ghat, Thatheri Bazaar, Kachori Gali, Chowk etc.
