Varanasi Ghats
Tracing the Ganga Through Varanasi: Both Banks, 84 Ghats, Maps and Complete River Guide
The river that turns north and makes Kashi a crescent of light Tracing the Ganga Through Varanasi From Shooltankeshwar’s southern threshold to Kaithi’s Ganga–Gomti Sangam—acro…
Varanasi History
1857 in Varanasi: General Neill and the Bloody Suppression of Benares
Varanasi in the First War of Independence 1857 in Varanasi: General Neill and the Bloody Suppression of Benares How a failed disarming parade in the cantonment became a local revo…
Varanasi History
Varanasi and the Opium Trade: From Adi Keshava Ghat to Ghazipur
Kashi in the global history of empire Varanasi and the Opium Trade How the Benares Agency, Ghazipur factory, Ganga transport system and Calcutta auctions connected eastern Uttar P…
Sarai Mohana, Deenapur, Kapil Dhara and Chiraigaon: Rural Kashi, Cottage Industries and River Life
A rural Kashi photo journey Sarai Mohana, Deenapur, Kapil Dhara and Chiraigaon Beyond Varanasi's famous central ghats lies another Kashi: river villages, handlooms, fields, fi…