Varanasi

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The ghats late in the evening

Walk the embankment after the evening aarti, when the crowds thin out and the steps belong to the city again: people talking by the water, a musician practising somewhere, the lights of Manikarnika in the river.

free · After the evening aarti, from about 21:00 until late; the central ghats are liveliest before midnight.

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