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Top Hotels in Varanassi
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Trident Nariman Point Mumbai (Bombay)
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Mughal Sheraton Hotel Agra
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Grand Hyatt Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
453 reviews
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Hyat Regency Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
314 reviews
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Intercontinental Ic The Grand Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
266 reviews
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The Lalit New Delhi
421 reviews
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Taj Lands End Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
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Marriott Jw Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
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Taj President Hotel Mumbai (Bombay)
336 reviews
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Ramada Inn Plaza New Delhi Center
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Taj Palace Intercontinental New Delhi
437 reviews
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Hyatt Regency Delhi New Delhi
367 reviews
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The Leela Kempinski Hotel Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
545 reviews
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The Oberoi - New Delhi
414 reviews
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Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa Cansaulim
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Taj Mahal Palace And Tower Mumbai (Bombay)
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Novotel Hyderabad Airport
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The LaLiT Golf & Spa Resort Goa Canacona
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Grand New Delhi
191 reviews
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The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon Delhi Ncr
329 reviews
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Hyatt Regency Kolkata (Calcutta)
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The Leela Palace Kempinski Ban Bangalore
454 reviews
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ITC Maratha Mumbai (Bombay)
331 reviews
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Jaypee Palace Hotel Conventio Agra
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Itc Hotel Maurya Sheraton And Towers New Delhi
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Orchid An Ecotel Hotel Mumbai (Bombay)
228 reviews
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Centaur Hotel New Delhi
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Hyderabad Marriott
225 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Gurgaon
156 reviews
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Taj Krishna Hotel Hyderabad
315 reviews
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Renaissance Mumbai Hotel And Convention Center Mumbai (Bombay)
337 reviews
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Taj Mahal Hotel New Delhi
444 reviews
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The Suryaa New Delhi
234 reviews
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Eros Hotel managed by Hilton New Delhi
46 reviews
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The Oberoi, Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)
270 reviews
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Novotel Hyderabad
224 reviews
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Samrat New Delhi
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Trident Hilton Gurgaon
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Hotel Royal Orchid Bangalore
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The Ashok New Delhi
106 reviews
Varanassi
Travel Blogs from Varanassi, India
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Crashes, curries and confusion - Welcome to India!
This is a top pick! ... was on the way into town so they were scaring it away... (Almost scared us pale whiteys away!). We took an uneventful train to Varanassi and thats were the madness began. On the way to the hotel we were passed by about 10 bodies on poles being taken to ...
Welcome to another plannet called "India"
This is a top pick! ... , you know, just in case." -- "What's that floating?" "That's just a dead body" The Ganges is the holiest river in all of India. Varanassi, at it's base, is where Hindu pilgrims come to pray (puja), bath in the waters and also die. It's a great honor to ...
Day 64 - Verynasty
... like all I do is eat, and its true I can't help it the food is so good here. Wandered down to Marnikanika ghat, Varanassi's main burning ghat (and we are not just talking firewood here, we're talking bodies). Got chatting to this guy who surprisingly ...
The Holy City
... and traditional flow by local musicians. The second act was a traditional dance act with people from different parts of India, and the third was a classical/ Indian/ world music fusion with an American Irish fiddler on traditional Indian instrument and ...
Day 63 - Varanassi (NZ translation = Very-Nasty)
... its not all that bad, and in fact was kinda fun, but its just when these shit-heads get away with it. Anyway, Varanassi is a cool place once I got over that little episode and learnt to ignore all the touts, hotel owners, guides and rickshaw drivers. ...
Air in my hair and dodging poo
... . So I had my next definite port of call. Rob and I garnered some plans now, he would head straight to Kathmandu from Varanassi and I would do Bodhgaya, Darjeeling and try for Sikim before heading to Kathmandu myself. Took two hours for me to find my out ...
Day 65 -
Woke up at 5:30am to catch a sunrise boat trip along the Ganges,anaging to talk the Sanjay the boatman down to the going rate. Surprisingly there were a lot of people about at this time bathing at th ghats and also a few burnings going on as well which ...
Holy rivers Boatman!
... Ganges, after another overnight train - about 13 hours. We'd been told to expect even greater hassle from the locals in Varanassi and weren't dissapointed! No sooner had we stepped from the train were we mobbed by rickshaw and taxi drivers offering us ...
The Holy Ganga
... ceremonial practice). This wasn't traumatic the way i thought it would be. It was illuminating. just another example of how India is deeply intertwined with religion. The families were there and the bodies waiting to be burned are wrapped in cotton cloth ...
Day 66 - Leaving Varanassi
... or so I thought. There wasn't a bus to the Nepalese border today so will be catching the train at 7pm tonight. What a shame! (NOT) another day of Yoga and smoozing around Varanassi. PS: It's someones birthday tomorrow - hint, ...
Holiest place in India
... smells and we had to take refuge and we took cover in the alleys and shops in the old city Its funny, we have been in Varanassi for about 4 days now and the first day we laid low after our 30 hour journey from Darjeeling. That night I came down with a ...
A quick stop at the Ganges
Once again, a month has passed and nothing's been written, so here's the attempt at recollecting at least a few weeks. Varanassi is an incredible city - the oldest and most religious in India, which is why loads of people migrate to the city to die. ...
babies, lepers, pregnant women need not apply
... the river and actually saw the EXTREMELY rare ghanges dolphin....saw a few of them actually so maybe they are making a comeback. varanassi was really just an amazing experience. i know it sounds strange and morbid in this entry but you would have to ...
Kathmandu
... games in a row" on the pool table. Maybe it was because the nepalis couldn't see over the edge of the table... Flew back to Varanassi to avoid the arse-aching bus or taxi ride. After only a few weeks I'd forgotten how mad the place is - the smells, ...
Burning ghats in Varanassi
... sleeper to Varanassi - but it was very smooth and we both slept soundly in our sleeper class. The Ganges runs right through Varanassi and there are a maze of small lanes leading off in all directions, which we enjoyed betting hopelessly lost in. It's ...
Varanassi
... rikshaw to Gaya. From Gaya i got the 2.30pm train which actually arived at 2.30pm! It arived before schedule 12km from Varanassi and then i got a shared rikshaw to the closest train station and then a cycle rikshaw to my destination. Things were ...
Varanassi
... and as many cows as will fit. The cows at least provide cow-pat 'bricks', used for everything from fuel to flooring. Varanassi looms large over the River Ganga. It is the holiest of cities for the Hindus. Everywhere there are people using the river; ...
Varanassi
Varanassi is another of India's Holy Cities, situated in the North East of the country, East of Delhi. The reason for it's sacred status is that it sits on one of the widest points of the Ganges and features in a number of Hindu texts. Unfortunately, ...
Varanassi
... our train leaves at 23:05 and I had a softsleeper which I shared with an Indian father and son. I arrived at 7:30 am at Varanassi's train station and together with the French girls we took a tuktuk to Assi ghat. We stay in Temple on ganges with a ...
Welcome to another plannet called "India"
... know, just in case." -- "What's that floating?" "That's just a dead body" The Ganges is the holiest river in all of India. Varanassi, at it's base, is where Hindu pilgrims come to pray (puja), bath in the waters and also die. It's a great honor to ...
Varanassi or
... is a difference between purity and cleanliness", i.e. we can mess the place up but still claim to be the holiest city in India. Varanassi was very dirty and it was difficult to understand why people were so comfortable with it till we read Osho: ...
Varanassi
Very Nasty Hilarious cab driver Crazy drive from Pokarah. Boat ride down the river Gange. Baba's and huge cows. Fly to ...
and on to Varanassi
Well now I'm in an internet cafe in Varanassi. Since the 8th, I kept paragliding for a few more days after finishing my course. The last day, I moved up to a higher slope, which was SO exciting, it was still a pretty short flight but there were a lot ...
On the Ganges
Fri 16th It was about 8.30am. We would arrive in Varanassi at 4pm. We whiled the day away drinking dodgy tea from the Oliver twist style kitchen coach. (People sleep on the floor, filthy, chaotic). Rickshaw to hotel, chill, kip, dinner, bed. Sat ...
India - don't you just love it!
Hello my lovelies! Well I am now in the arse end of nowhere somewhere near Varanassi (when I say near I mean 14 hours on a train) but have had a great few days. Travelling with the Aussies has been a laugh and everyone we meet says 'Oh, Ricky ...
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