India
Sightseeing, Walking Tour
3 Hours
As arranged
Your Hotel, Varanasi, India
We will begin this walking tour from your hotel, with your sightseeing guide picking you up and leading you to the temples of Varanasi, India. On this tour there are a few temples that you will visit – Durga Temple, Tulsi Manas Temple, and Sankat Mochan Temple. The temples open at 5 AM and close at 10 PM, however most temples are also closed from 12 PM – 3 PM. Please feel free to ask your guide for any advice along the way, and particularly around the temples please ask your guide before taking any photos, to ensure that things are done respectfully.
Durga Temple is one of the most famous temples in Varanasi, a place for worship of the goddess Durga, and also known as the monkey temple. Tulsi Manas Temple is another famous temple of Varanasi, with great cultural importance, as the ancient Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas was originally written at this place by a Hindu poet-saint. Sankat Mochan Temple is a place of worship for the god Hanuman, offerings to Lord Hanuman (called Prasad) are sold like the special sweet “besan ke ladoo”.
