Varanasi · Varanasi & the Ganges plain · India
★★★★★ Museum & culture
No admission charge for anyone. Parking or transport may still cost.
FREE. Eighty-eight ghats along six kilometres of the Ganges in one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth. Manikarnika and Harishchandra are cremation ghats where bodies burn around the clock. DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH THE CREMATIONS - it is asked of you repeatedly, it is a family's grief, and anyone offering to take you closer for a donation is running a scam.
| Adult ticket | Free entry |
|---|---|
| Child ticket | Free entry |
| Typical visit | 3 hours |
| Opening hours | Open all hours |
| Indoors or out | Outdoors |
| Region | North India, India |
| Prices quoted in | INR |
The planner warns of extreme heat in May; and hot in April, June, July; and wet in August. Outside those months it says nothing, which is the point — a warning that fires every day is one nobody reads.
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The planner prices a whole day for your exact party, warns about closures and drive times, and totals the trip in your own currency.
Official page: https://varanasi.nic.in/