Varanasi: A Journey through History and Time | Sapta Puri: Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Varanasi is a city with numerous names. Its ancient name was Kashi - the city of light, and is often known as Shiva's city Rudravaas! Varanasi is also one of the oldest living cities in the world and a trip here can change your life.
I’ve been to Varanasi many times, and this time I took my family along, especially my mother who’s always been keen to visit the place and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Of course, we did a lot during our four-day stay there - ate some amazing local food, spent a lot of time on the ghats, explored local stories, visited Sarnath and immersed ourselves in this city of light.
I’ve gone into the details of the history of both Varanasi and Sarnath from an archaeological perspective to find an answer to the age-old question - how old is Varanasi? I hope you'll find the answer here.
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00:00 Introduction
01:54 History of Varanasi
03:23 Chapter I - The Story of River Ganga
04:40 Exploring local food in Varanasi
06:56 Chapter II - Story of Moksha
07:53 Blue Lassi
09:12 Chapter III - Shiva’s City
13:26 Ganga Cruise in Varanasi
14:46 Local Varanasi breakfast
15:37 Chapter IV - Story of Sarnath
Practical details:
1. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Aarti booking: shrikashivishwanath.org/front...
2. Alaknanda Cruise booking: alaknandacruise.com/Home/Book...
3. Further reading: Bananas City of Light - amzn.to/4aGYriM
Leave a comment if you have any further questions about Varanasi.
Hope you enjoy the video!
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@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms I also learnt many things from this ancient city, its culture, its peaceful atmosphere, and its survival through the ages...Once I used to visit Varanasi twice every year, but things changed after Corona...This city inspired me in many ways.
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms There are many good things in Varanasi, but the bad thing is that it no longer serves as the intellectual centre of Bharat, which it once was ( except few good edutional institutions like BHU, Jaipuria Group of Schools etc )...but as a Brahman from Kolkata, I found its ancient and medieval intellectual tradition "dead" and "vanished", like most of the traditional cities of our country.
You are right - the city was a centre of learning for eons and we certainly don’t see it now. I’ll hopefully be able to cover this and a few other aspects of the city in later videos 🙌
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Amazing video.. feeling like visiting this place with family..specially Sarnath…Please do leave food review for places you visit..will be helpful. How was liitti chokha at Assi Ghaat?
Thank you so much! Litti Chokha was disappointing there - though the ambiance was nice 🥲
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Kaal Bhairav, Markandey Mahadev, Vishalakshi Shaktipeeth, Tulsidas Mandir, Durga Mandir, Swarved Mandir are few places in and around the city that you can experience too.
Yogis cafe, Sparrow cafe and many other such small, cozy cafes are there in the same area that you can explore. Since, I know you like Cafes a lot, like me.
Thank you for all the suggestions - these are great, especially the ones about the cafés.
I’ll certainly be back in Varanasi this year and will explore even more unique aspects of the city then 🙌
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Excellent. Where did you'll stay at Banaras?
Thank you! We stayed at a hotel called Hardik Palacio - it was quite alright, but the staff was amazing and super helpful. Hope this helps 👍
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Thank you so much! My main camera is Sony ZV-E1 .
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I’ve linked the track in the description below. It’s from Artlist and you’ll find it in my Varanasi playlist.
And if you’re in NY please know that you have a brother here who will host you and show you our city and the Hindu temples in NY and NJ
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In August I will go to India, and I have doubts about how many days to stay in Varanasi, more than 10 years ago I was there, but it was a quick visit of 2 days in which we also visited Sarnath so this time I would not repeat.
I am a photographer and apart from visiting again the Aarti ceremony and the puja in the morning, I really like to do street photography, do you think that 4 full days in Varanasi are too much?
If you know of any interesting places near or in Varanasi, please let me know.
Best regards Cristina!
Thank you Cristina!
4 days in Varanasi isn’t a lot at all - there’s a lot to see and shoot and it does take a while to get into the pace of the city and become a part of it, so your plan is fine.
It’s hard to give a list of places to shoot in a comment, but I believe an online search will give you good spots. The best way is of course to walk around and discover places. The morning Ganga Aarti on Asi ghat is new and not many people go there - that might be nice to capture too.
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms Thank you for your quick response, I am more confident after reading your comment. As for the places I was referring to places like the one you told me about the Aarti ghat, so great.
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Your voice resembles a lot like chef vikas Khanna.
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Although the video is nice, I just wanted to add something, Kashi chat bhandar serves very nice chaat, but it's about how adaptive and versatile your taste buds are, and it also depends upon the expectation you have from the food. For instance, in this case I felt you tried to find the chaat that resembles Delhi's chaat which is why you were disappointed. But, the thing is the product might be same in different locations, the way it'll taste will be very different and you cannot be too rigid in that case.
Now, I agree that sometimes you'll like new things and sometimes you'll not, but it's better to not speak such things out loud, especially on social media, because in a way you are calling thousands of people who like places like Kashi chaat bhandar to have disappointing food choices.
Happy vlogging.
I don't disagree with you on this, and I did think about whether or not to share my thoughts on the food. We went there based on the recommendations of our own family members, and frankly, the food wasn't bad at all. The disappointment was only because of how much everyone had talked about it.
As a traveller, I do like to share opinions about foods and experiences, and I think it's better to do that than just be neutral about everything. I'm also clearly not a food vlogger or expert, so my opinions are just that and nothing else.
I would love to visit again and if you have a recommendation about what's good, I would certainly try that too. I'm not rigid on my opinions on food at all :)
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I’ve shared the link in the description - check out the prices there as there are different cruises with different costs.
how old are your mom mausi and mausa, thinking of taking our parents too
They are in their early 70s…
Please do video on prayagraj
Certainly! I plan to do during the Kumbh Mela early next year 👍
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I did it earlier but not on this trip.
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food ka little more time do you dont show enjoying the food and review
Thanks for the feedback 👍
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