Darbhanga Ghat

Built by the Rajput king Man Singh of Amber around 1600, the honey-stone palace here is one of the oldest surviving structures on the riverfront, its windows and balconies carved in fine Rajasthani style.

Believed to be the ghat where Lord Brahma performed the Dasa-Ashwamedha sacrifice, this is the beating heart of Kashi's riverfront. By day it hums with pilgrims, priests and flower-sellers; by dusk it becomes a stage for the most elaborate Ganga Aarti in all of India.

Panchganga takes its name from the mythical meeting of five rivers - Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Kirana and Dhutpapa. The towering minarets of the Alamgir Mosque, raised by Aurangzeb over an earlier temple, lend the ghat a striking skyline.