Varanasi: The City That Never Dies

There is a city in India where death is not feared — it is celebrated. Where funeral pyres burn 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and have done so for over 3,000 years. Where the morning starts with pilgrims descending ancient steps into the Ganga and the evening ends with a fire ceremony so spectacular it feels like the whole city is praying at once. Varanasi is that city — the oldest living city on Earth, where the boundary between the living and the dead is thinner than anywhere else.

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The Ghats: Steps to the Divine

A Day in Varanasi

Varanasi Beyond Tourism