Kashi- The City of Ghats

Good Evening my well wishers : PRAYAGRAJ  Prayagraj formerly known as Illahabad or Allahabad is one of the pilgrim place, situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh.   It has an ancient history. The city is based on the banks of 2 well known Holy rivers , Ganga and Yamuna and mythical river Saraswati.  The third mythical Saraswati river, believed to flow underground towards the Sangam, gives the confluence its other name, Triveni. Lord  Brahma  also referred to it as  Tirth Raj  or the  King of all pilgrimage centres. Prayagraj is 130 km away from Varanasi.  .  has developed six lane expressway from Varansai to Prayagraj, is reflection of good architecture.   It took 2 ⅟ 2 hours to reach the destination. It is indeed well planned, equipped and designed express way. It is also maintain perfectly. I left Varanasi at 12 hrs. and reached Prayagraj at 14.30 hrs. It is understood that lunch hours are restricted to 3.pm and hence I decid...

  VARANASI   or   KASHI you may call with any name but after all in simple word it is a spiritual, religious & ancient city situated on the banks of Holy river GANGA . I have hobby of travelling and visiting various places with views of Geographical , Historical, Religious etc. I therefore wished to visit every tourist place in India in my life time and always pray god to bless me in my endeavor. I recently got an opportunity to visit Kashi , one of the most trusted religious place for Hindus.   I decided to seize this opportunity even in (Corona) Pandemic situation and also to visit Uttar Pradesh first time.   It was heard that Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are not safe for tourist but the experience was absolute different.   A group of people contacted me to arrange and lead a trip to Varanasi, Prayag and I accepted the challenge. It was very short time to plan, organise, ticketing and booking for our stay. But could manage perfectly, as usual, with ...