When someone hears the word Varanasi or its other common name, Benares, that person will immediately identify the city with colours, festivals, Ganges, life, death, and the convergence of everything spiritual and cultural. Varanasi is apparently where the fusion of culture is at its highest. A place so old, that its origin is yet unknown. As a matter of fact, the legendary poet Mark Twain once said that Benares is older than history, tradition, and even legend themselves. It then comes as no surprise that Varanasi, with all its glorious wonder, is the location of one of the almost forgotten treasures of Hinduism, the observatory Varanasi Jantar Mantar.
Varanasi is home to many of the world’s most amazing architectural structures and oldest buildings which includes the Man Mahal. A morning boat ride across the Dashashwamedh Ghat of the Ganges River will offer tourists a spectacular view of this Mughal-Rajput …