Kukho malunga nama-ghats ayi-100 (indawo kunye namanyathelo aholele emanzini) kunye nomlambo waseGanges e-Varanasi. Iqela eliphambili liqulethe malunga ne-25 kubo, kwaye lisuka ku-Assi Ghat ngasentla ukuya ku-Raj Ghat. I-ghats isetyenziselwa ngokuyinxalenye yokuhlamba kunye nemikhuba ye- puja (unqulo), kodwa kukho ezimbini (iMankarnika kunye neHarishchandra ghats) apho izidumba zenziwa kuphela. Uninzi lwee-ghats zakhiwa xa i-Varanasi ivuselelwe ngokutsha phantsi kolawulo lweMaratha kwi-1700s. Zingabani ngasese, okanye zibaluleke kakhulu kwiingoma zamaHindu.
Incomo ephakamileyo, nangona ukhenkety, into enokuyenza yithatha inqanawa yokukhwela emfuleni ukusuka kuDasaswamedh Ghat ukuya eHarishchandra Ghat. Ukuhamba nge-Varanasi ghats kuyinto enomdla (nangona ulungele ukungcola kunye nokuhlaselwa ngabathengisi). Ukuba uziva unxilongo kwaye unqwenela ukuba uhambisane nesikhokelo, hamba kulolu hambo lokuhamba ngomlambo olunikezwa yi-Varanasi Magic.
Ngamava angalibalekiyo, hlala kwenye yale ndawo ephezulu ye-8 e-Riverside e-Varanasi.
01 ngo 08
Uya kufumana uAsti Ghat apho uMlambo weGanges udibana nomlambo u-Assi. Itholakala ekupheleni kwelokuphela kwelo dolophu, kwaye ngoko ayikho nje ininzi kwaye ixakekile njengenye yezinye i-ghats. Nangona kunjalo, yinto ebalulekileyo yamaHindu. Abahamba ngeenyawo bayahlamba apho phambi kokukhonza iNkosi uShiva, ngesimo esikhulu esikhulu esingaphantsi komthi wepipal kufuphi. Kukho izitolo ezithambileyo kunye neefestile ezihloniphekileyo (intloko ukuya kuVaatika Cafe ye-pasta ne-pizza ngombono omkhulu) kwindawo. I-ghat yindawo eyaziwayo kubantu abahlala ixesha elide. I-Dasaswamedh Ghat ihamba ngomzuzu wama-30, kunye ne-ghats.
02 ngo 08
Chet Singh Ghat
UDennis K. Johnson / Getty Izithombe U-Chet Singh Ghat unomdla obaluleke kakhulu. Kwakuyindawo ye-18 yeminyaka yokulwa phakathi kukaMaharaja Chet Singh, owayelawula i-Varanasi kunye neBrithani. U-Chet Singh wakha inqaba encinci kwi-ghat kodwa ngelishwa wahlulwa yiBritani, owathimba i-fort waza wamfaka entolongweni. Kubonakala ukuba, wakwazi ukuphunyuka usebenzisa intambo eyenziwe ngee-turbans.
03 we-08
Darbhanga Ghat
USoltan Frédéric / Getty Izithombe I-Darbhanga Ghat iyintandokazi ye-photogenic! Ngenye yezona zikhangeleka kakhulu, kwaye zikhangeleka ngendlela ekhangayo, i-ghats. Iqukethe ihotele yebhotwe egxininisayo onokuhlala kuyo . Yakhelwe ngasekuqaleni kwe-1900 yintsapho yasebukhosini yaseBihar. Edibeneyo yi-Munshi Ghat, eyakhiwe ngo-1912 nguSridhara Narayana Munshi, umphathiswa wezezimali weSizwe saseDarbhanga.
04 we-08
I-Dasaswamedh Ghat yintliziyo yesenzo kunye nomtsalane ophezulu kwi-Varanasi. Omnye wama-Varanasi ghats endala nakweyona ndawo ephezulu kunazo zonke, apho iGanga eyaziwayo ihamba khona rhoqo. Ngokutsho kweengoma zamaHindu, iNkosi uBrahma yenze i-ghat yamkela iNkosi Shiva. INkosi uBrah nayo ikholelwa ukuba yenze i-horse sacrifices ekhethekileyo phambi komlilo ongcwele. Umkhosi wokuqhubela phambili, ngokuhamba kwexesha lokuhamba kwabahambi, abaprofeti bamaHindu, abathengisi beentyatyambo kunye nabaceli beemfesane ukusuka kusasa kuze kube sekuseni. Kunokwenzeka ukuba uhlale kwaye ubukele iiyure, kwaye ungakhathazeki. Kukho indawo emakethi ehamba ngeenxa zonke kwi-ghat.
05 ka 08
Omnye umntu omdala kakhulu u-Varanasi ghat, uMan Mandir Ghat uyaphawuleka ngenxa yokwakha i-Rajput enkulu. URajput Maharajah Man Singh waseJaipur wakha isigodlo sakhe apho ngo-1600. Ukhenketwa okongeziweyo, kwimbonakalo, kwongezwa ngo-1730 nguSawai Jai Singh II. Izixhobo zeenkwenkwezi zisesimo esihle kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba zijonge. YiNtloko ukuya kwindawo evulekileyo yokujonga izinto ezintle zeebhanki zomlambo waseGanges.
06 we-08
Scindhia Ghat
URick Gerharter / Getty Izithombe I-Scindhia Ghat yindawo enobomi kunye nezoxolo, kungekho nendawo ebunzima yeMankarnika Ghat (i-ghat evuthayo). Inomdla okhethekileyo yiTempile yaseShiva ebanjwe ngaphantsi kwamanzi. Yatshona ngexesha lokwakha i-ghat ngowe-1830. Ubunzima obunqabileyo bendlela engaphezulu kwe-ghat bufihla iindlu ezibalulekileyo zama-Varanasi. Le ndawo ibizwa ngokuba nguSidha Kshetra kwaye inomtsalane uninzi lwabahambi.
07 ka 08
Bhonsale Ghat
Bhosale Ghat. Christine Pemberton / Getty Izithombe I-Bhonsale Ghat ekhangelekileyo yayakhiwa ngo-1780 nguMaratha ukumkani waseBhonsale waseNagpur. Isakhiwo esikhulu samatye kunye neefestile ezincinane zezobugcisa phezulu, kunye neetempileni ezintathu zelifa - iThempeli laseLakshminarayan, iThempeli laseYameshwar kunye neYamaditya iThempeli. Ingqungquthela encinci ijikeleze le ghat, kunye neentsapho zobukhosi zibandakanyeka kwimeko yokukhwabanisa ngokuthengiswa kwe-ghat ngo-2013.
08 ka 08
Eyona nto ibhekene ne-ghat, i-Manikarnika (eyaziwa nje ngokuba yindawo yokutshisa i-ghat) yindawo apho ininzi yezidumbu zitshiswa e-Varanasi. AmaHindu akholelwa ukuba uya kubakhulula kumjikelezo wokufa nokuzalwa kwakhona. Enyanisweni, uya kuvuleka ubuso obujongene nokufa eMankarnika Ghat. Imilenze yezinkuni ihamba emanxwemeni kwaye imililo ihlala ishisa ngomlambo wezidumbu, nganye ihlanganiswe ngendwangu kwaye iqhutywe ngeendlela ezihamba ngeethift by the doms (i-caste of untouchables ephethe izidumbu kunye nokulawula i-ghat). Ukuba unomdla kwaye uvakalelwa ngesibindi, kunokwenzeka ukuba ubukele ukutshiswa kwezinto eziqhutywayo ngenkokhelo. Kukho ininzi kubabingeleli okanye izikhokelo eziza kubakho oza kukukhokela kwelinye lezakhiwo ezingaphezulu kwesakhiwo esiseduze. Qinisekisa ukuba uxoxisana kwaye unganikeli kwiimfuno zemali ephezulu ngokugqithiseleyo. Ungakwazi nokufumana okungaphezulu malunga nokudalwa kwendawo yokufunda kunye noBurning tour tour ezinikezwa yiLifa leHlabathi i-Varanasi kunye nokufa nokuzalwa kwakhona kwihambo ehamba ngeBarasasi ehamba nge-Varanasi.