Dashashwamedh Ghat
Oct 11, 2020, 04:14 PM
Dashashwamedh Ghat is the main ghat in Varanasi on the Ganga River. Ganga Aarti (ritual of offering prayer to the Ganges river) is held daily at dusk.
Several priests perform this ritual by carrying deepam and moving it up and down in a rhythmic tune of bhajans.
I visited the city in 2012 with 10 others on a journey to Kolkata for a friend's (huge) wedding we were due to perform at.
Varanasi is a dizzying labyrinth like city that is both deeply spiritual (open cremation is commonly practiced by the riverbank) and overwhelming: colours, smells, sounds and characters leap out at you from every corner.
Several priests perform this ritual by carrying deepam and moving it up and down in a rhythmic tune of bhajans.
I visited the city in 2012 with 10 others on a journey to Kolkata for a friend's (huge) wedding we were due to perform at.
Varanasi is a dizzying labyrinth like city that is both deeply spiritual (open cremation is commonly practiced by the riverbank) and overwhelming: colours, smells, sounds and characters leap out at you from every corner.
Recorded by Mike Bingham.