Kukhona cishe ama-ghats angu-100 (izindawo ezinezinyathelo eziholela emanzini) eduze komfula iG Ganges e-Varanasi. Iqembu eliyinhloko liqukethe cishe ama-25 kubo, futhi lisuka ku-Assi Ghat enyakatho kuRaj Ghat. Ama-ghats asetshenziselwa kakhulu ukugeza kanye nemikhuba ye- puja (ukukhulekela), kodwa kukhona amabili (iMankarnika noHarishchandra ghats) lapho ukushiswa kukwenziwa khona kuphela. Eziningi zama-ghats zakhiwa lapho i-Varanasi ivuselelwa kakhulu ngaphansi koMbuso waseMaratha kuma-1700s. Zingabani ngasese, noma zibaluleke kakhulu emfundisweni yamaHindu.
Okunconywa kakhulu, nakuba okuvakashayo, okudingeka ukwenze kuthatha ukuhamba ngomkhumbi emfuleni ukusuka eDasaswamedh Ghat kuya eHarishchandra Ghat. Ukuhamba nge-Varanasi ghats nakho nakho okuthakazelisayo (nakuba kulungele ukungcola nokuhlushwa ngabathengisi). Uma uzizwa ukhululekile futhi ungathanda ukuhambisana nomhlahlandlela, hamba kulolu hambo oluhamba emfuleni olunikezwa i-Varanasi Magic.
Ukuze uthole okuhlangenwe nakho okungenakulibaleka, hlala kwenye yalezi zikhungo eziphezulu ze-Riverside e-Varanasi.
01 ngo-08
Uzothola i-Assi Ghat lapho uMfula iG Ganges uhlangana khona no-Assi. Itholakala ekugcineni ekungenqenqenqenqenqenqemeni komuzi, ngakho-ke akusiyo njengabantu abaningi futhi abaxakekile njengamanye ama-ghats. Noma kunjalo, i-ghat ebalulekile yamaHindu. Abagibeli bahlamba khona ngaphambi kokukhonza iNkosi Shiva, njengendlela enkulu ehamba ngaphansi komuthi wamapayipi oseduzane. Kukhona izitolo ezimbalwa ezithakazelisayo nama-cafes ahloniphekile (ikhanda kuVaatika Cafe for pasta ne pizza ngombono omuhle) endaweni. I-ghat yindawo ethandwa abantu abahlala isikhathi eside. I-Dasaswamedh Ghat iyihamba ngezinyawo ezingu-30, eduze kwama-ghats.
02 ngo-08
Chet Singh Ghat
UDennis K. Johnson / Getty Images UChet Singh Ghat unomlando obaluleke kakhulu. Kwakuyindawo yempi yekhulu le-18 phakathi kukaMaharaja Chet Singh, owayebusa i-Varanasi, neBritish. UChet Singh wakha inqaba encane e-ghat kodwa ngeshwa wahlukunyezwa yiBrithani, owathumba inqaba futhi wamfaka kuso. Ngokusobala, wakwazi ukuphunyuka esebenzisa intambo eyenziwe ngamatebhisi.
03 ngo-08
Darbhanga Ghat
Soltan Frédéric / Getty Izithombe UDarbhanga Ghat uyintandokazi ye-photogenic! Ngenye yezinto ezikhangayo kakhulu, futhi ezikhangayo, ezithandekayo, ezisezingeni eliphezulu. Iqukethe ihotela eliyigugu elingase lihlale kulo . Yakhiwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1900 ngumndeni wasebukhosini waseBihar. Ehlangene nayo yiMunshi Ghat, eyakhiwe ngo-1912 nguSridhara Narayana Munshi, uNgqongqoshe wezezimali kaHulumeni waseDarbhanga.
04 ngo-08
I-Dasaswamedh Ghat iyinhliziyo yesenzo kanye nokukhanga okuphezulu e-Varanasi. Omunye wama-Varanasi ghats amadala kakhulu kunawo wonke futhi angcwele kakhulu, yilapho uGanga aarti edumile khona kwenzeka njalo kusihlwa. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane zamaHindu, iNkosi Brahma yakha i-ghat yokwamukela iNkosi Shiva. INkosi Brahma nayo ikholelwa ukuthi yenze umhlatshelo okhethekile wamahhashi lapho phambi komlilo ongcwele. Umkhosi wokuhamba phambili, ngokuhamba kwamanye amazwe, abapristi bamaHindu, abathengisi bezimbali nabaceli bezicelo kusukela ekuseni kuze kube sekuseni, kuyancipha. Kungenzeka ukuhlala futhi ubuke amahora, futhi ungabi nesithukuthezi. Kukhona futhi indawo emakethe ekhangayo eduze kwe-ghat.
05 ka-08
Omunye u-Varanasi ghat omdala kakhulu, uMan Mandir Ghat uyaphawuleka ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwayo kwe-Rajput. URajput Maharajah uMan Singh waseJaipur wakha isigodlo sakhe lapho ngo-1600. Ukukhanga okunye, okubanjwe kwimbhalo, kwanezelwa kuma-1730 nguSawai Jai Singh II. Izinsimbi zezinkanyezi zisesimweni esihle futhi kungenzeka ukuba zibuke. Hamba uye endaweni evulekile yokubuka imibono emibili yamabhange eMfula iG Ganges.
06 ka-08
Scindhia Ghat
Rick Gerharter / Getty Izithombe I-Scindhia Ghat iyindawo enhle futhi enokuthula, engekho ukukhathazeka kweM Manikarnika Ghat eseduze (i-ghat evuthayo). Okuthakazelisayo ikakhulukazi iThempeli e-Shiva elingaphansi komkhumbi emanzini. Kwashona ngenkathi ukwakhiwa kwe-ghat ngo-1830. I-maze encane emigwaqweni engaphezulu kwe-ghat ifihla amathempeli amaningi akwa-Varanasi. Le ndawo ibizwa ngokuthi i-Sidha Kshetra futhi iheha abantu abaningi abahamba ngezinyawo.
07 ngo-08
I-Bhonsale Ghat
Bhosale Ghat. UChristine Pemberton / i-Getty Images I-Bhonsale Ghat ehlukile eyakhiwe ngo-1780 yiMaratha inkosi uBhonsale yaseNagpur. Yakha isakhiwo esinamatshe amakhulu namafasitela amancane phezulu, kanye namathempeli amathathu amagugu - Ithempeli Lakshminarayan, Ithempeli laseYameshwar neYamaditya Temple. Ukuphikisana okuncane kakhulu kuzungeze le ghat, nomndeni wasebukhosini uhlangene necala lokukhwabanisa ngokudayiswa kwe-ghat ngo-2013.
08 ngo-08
I-ghar, iMankarnika (eyaziwa nje ngokuthi i-ghat esivuthayo) yindawo lapho kutholakala khona izidumbu eziningi e-Varanasi. AmaHindu akholelwa ukuthi uzobakhulula emjikelezweni wokufa nokuzalwa kabusha. Ngempela, uzobona ngokuqondile ukubhekana nokufa eMankarnika Ghat. Amapulangwe ezinkuni anqamula ogwini futhi imililo ishisa njalo ngokusakazeka kwezidumbu, ngasinye sigqoke ngendwangu futhi sithwala imigwaqo ematheni ama- doms (i-caste of untouchables ephethe izidumbu futhi iqondise i-ghat evuthayo). Uma unesidingo futhi uzizwa unesibindi, kungenzeka ukubuka ukushiswa okwenziwe ngemali. Kukhona abapristi abaningi noma iziqondiso ezizungeze ukuthi ngubani oyokuholela kwenye yezansi ezingezansi zesakhiwo esiseduze. Qinisekisa ukuthi uxoxisana futhi ungaziniki izidingo zemali ephezulu kakhulu. Ungathola futhi kabanzi mayelana nokushiswa kuloluhambo oluhambelayo lokufunda nokuvutha okuhambayo olunikezwa i-Heritage Walk Varanasi nokufa nokuzalwa kabusha ekuhambeni kwe-Banaras ehamba nge-Varanasi Walks.