Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, and its ghats still run on a daily rhythm of ritual bathing, cremation rites, and evening aarti that has not meaningfully paused in centuries.
A few streets back from the river, Banarasi weavers work looms strung with real silver and gold thread — a craft so demanding that a single saree can take weeks.
Worth knowing
- ·Banarasi silk weaving on a handloom
- ·Evening Ganga aarti on the ghats
- ·Living the daily rhythm of a river city
Living traditions
Traditions & performing arts of Uttar Pradesh
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