Varanasi may be impressed at first, did not get carried away by first impressions. sit down, look, breathe and feel how here everything flows between life and death.
Ignore the people who wants to sell you cheap spirituality as fake sadhus. ... if you want to practice meditation, yoga, music ... don't stay with the first person you find.
Think that someone who knows about this items is not looking for foreigners in the street!! Sure!!
Travel tips
The old city of Varanasi is a maze of streets where you'll get lost and let go. The best way to find something is to ask local people or follow the ads painted on the walls.
There are many boat man who can give you a tour of the Ganges, but there are also many scammers. Anil is a good man for a cheap price that will lead you from dashaswamed to the electric crematorium and back to Manikarnika with lot of respect. contact with him for a interesting boat ride.
is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Hanuman. The main Janmotsava or bithday celebration of Lord Hanuman is held at Sankat Mochan Temple (Varanasi) for five days with cultural and musical programmes by reputed artistes from all over India. The devotees flock the Hanuman temples all over Varanasi and apply Sindhoor Tilak on their foreheads from statues of Hanuman.
is an episode from the Ramayana, the great Indian epic. At Varanasi, the Nakkatayya Leela is held at Chetganj and is attended by large number of people from all parts of Varanasi city and nearby towns. On the occasion of Nakkatayya, numerous processions and tableaux are carried out in the streets of Varanasi, symbolizing the victory of truth over evil.
