Varanasi
Varanasi, also called Kashi and Banaras, faces east across the Ganga along a crescent of more than eighty ghats, from Assi in the south to Raj Ghat in the north.
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Know the place before you go.
Gateways, suggested pacing, steps and walking, the seasons and the etiquette that matters, for the places our journeys reach.
Sarnath
Sarnath, about ten kilometres north-east of Varanasi, is where the Buddha gave his first teaching to five companions after his enlightenment at Bodh Gaya.
Prayagraj
Prayagraj stands at the Triveni Sangam, where the Ganga and the Yamuna meet and where tradition holds that the unseen Saraswati joins them.
Ayodhya
Ayodhya, on the south bank of the Sarayu, is revered as the birthplace of Ram.
Gaya
Gaya, renamed Gaya Ji by the Bihar government in May 2025, is a Hindu pilgrimage city on the banks of the Falgu.
Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya, in Bihar, is where Siddhartha Gautama sat beneath a pipal tree and attained enlightenment.
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