At the Ghats, Benaras, India.
Photo © Mohit Gupta, All Rights Reserved

”Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” - Mark Twain

In Hinduism, one of the ways to achieve Nirvana (Liberation) is to die at Benaras. Death, which elsewhere is feared, here is welcomed as a long-expected guest. However strange, people travel from far way to spend their last days at this place and achieve something which is regarded as one of the most difficult of spiritual goals.

Benaras still retains its old world charm and life around the ghats seems to have been following the same monotonous (yet interesting) routine since ages. Its like a stage wherein different characters rehearse the same play.

No doubt, Benaras has attracted so many photographers and it would easily be one of the most photographed cities in the world.