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Where the temple trust offers an official paid slot we book it and show the cost on your quote. We do not pay touts for queue-jumping, and we will tell you honestly when a wait is simply unavoidable.
Most temples in Varanasi welcome visitors of any faith, including Kashi Vishwanath. A small number of shrines restrict the inner sanctum, and your guide will tell you which before you reach the door rather than at it.
Phones, cameras, bags and leather items are refused at Kashi Vishwanath and at the Ram Janmabhoomi complex. There are free lockers at the gates but the queue for them is its own queue - travel light and you will save half an hour.
No. Photography is forbidden at Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats. They are functioning cremation grounds and the families there are burying someone. Anyone offering to let you photograph for a fee has no standing to give that permission.
Around 6.45 p.m. in summer and closer to 6.00 p.m. in winter, running about forty-five minutes. The ghat begins filling a full hour beforehand, which is why we put guests on a boat instead.
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