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Country: India
Departing From: Varanasi
Arriving At: Delhi
Travel Time: 10 to 12 hours
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Book a transfer from Delhi to Varanasi — one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities and Hinduism's holiest site, where life and death play out on the ghats lining the sacred Ganges River.
The 800 km journey takes 10 to 12 hours via the NH19/GT Road and expressway heading southeast through Uttar Pradesh — India's most populous state — passing through the cities of Agra, Kanpur, and Allahabad (Prayagraj) before reaching Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges.
Varanasi (Benares/Kashi) is India's spiritual heart — a 3,000-year-old city where Hindus come to bathe in the sacred Ganges, to cremate their dead at the burning ghats, and ultimately to die, believing that death in Varanasi grants moksha (liberation from the cycle of rebirth). The Ganga Aarti evening ceremony at Dashashwamedh Ghat — when priests wave flaming lamps in synchronized ritual as bells ring and conch shells blow — is one of the world's most powerful spiritual experiences. A dawn boat ride past the 84 ghats, the ancient Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the silk-weaving quarter, the narrow lanes (galis) of the old city teeming with life, and the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Sarnath nearby create an overwhelming and unforgettable encounter with India at its most profound.
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