{"id":98,"date":"2006-09-10T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-10T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indiatravelblogarun.wordpress.com\/2006\/09\/10\/photo-essay-ganga-aarti-at-dasaswamedh-ghat-varanasi\/"},"modified":"2010-10-25T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T07:21:15","slug":"photo-essay-ganga-aarti-at-dasaswamedh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/photo-essay-ganga-aarti-at-dasaswamedh.html","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auli<\/a> -> Rishikesh<\/a> -> Corbett National Park<\/a> -> Varanasi<\/a> -> Agra<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

+Previous: At the ghats: bumping into a salesman<\/a><\/em>
\n+Next: Life on the ghats<\/a><\/em>
\n+Go to beginning <\/a>of the series<\/em><\/p>\n

Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh ghat, close to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, is one of the prime attractions of Varanasi. It starts just after sunset, with a bunch of young men choreographing to the chantings, holding the lamps.<\/p>\n

\"Dasaswamedh
\nPreparations are on for the evening aarti<\/em><\/p>\n

People start arriving at the ghats as early as 5pm. Dasaswamedh ghat becomes a hub of activity, with people sitting and waiting for the aarti, buying flowers and other things from nearby shops or performing pooja. I sat listening to an attractive old man who narrated Ramayana to a bunch of tourists who were listening keenly. Several babas sat near the ghats, looking for donations.<\/p>\n

Also see:
\n* Ganga Aarti in Rishikesh<\/a>
\n* Ganga Aarti in Varanasi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"People
\nPeople wait for the aarti to begin<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Ganga<\/p>\n

As the aarti begins, men take their positions at the platform and begin swinging the lamp to the tune of chantings.<\/p>\n

\"Ganga<\/p>\n

Big lamps look beautiful after darkness sets in.<\/p>\n

\"Ganga<\/p>\n

The choreography is excellent and worth seeing. But it also feels artificial in a devitional context. Like anywhere else in India, loudspeakers rob the pleasantness of the evening.<\/p>\n

Read more about Varanasi on paintedstork.com
\n* Images of Varanasi<\/a>
\n* Travelling to Varanasi from Corbett<\/a>
\n* Arriving at Varanasi<\/a>
\n* Many perceptions of Varanasi<\/a>
\n* First day at the ghats<\/a>
\n* Boat ride on the Ganges<\/a>
\n* An encounter on the ghats<\/a>
\n* Photo Essay: Ganga Aarti<\/a>
\n* Life on the ghats<\/a>
\n* About Varanasi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Auli -> Rishikesh -> Corbett National Park -> Varanasi -> Agra +Previous: At the ghats: bumping into a salesman +Next: Life on the ghats +Go to beginning of the series Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh ghat, close to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, is one of the prime attractions of Varanasi. It starts just after sunset, with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,112,142],"tags":[544,546,141],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-photo-essay","category-uttar-pradesh","tag-photo-essay","tag-uttar-pradesh","tag-varanasi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xrJt-1A","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5186,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/5186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}