One of the oldest living cities in the world and Hinduism's holiest city, on the Ganges, where pilgrims bathe on stone steps (ghats) and cremations take place on the burning ghats. Each evening, the Ganga Aarti ceremony with fire and chanting is held at Dashashwamedh Ghat.
Take a rowing boat at dawn along the ghats. Be respectful at the cremation grounds; no photos. Sarnath, where the Buddha gave his first sermon, is 10 km away.
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