Dashashwamedh Ghat

Personally feel that Varanasi is the most representative city in India. To experience this unique national customs, you must come to Varanasi once. Walking along the Ganges River, there are actually many altars. There will also be Ganges night sacrifices at night, so you can't miss it. The typical dirty and messy riverside, cow dung donkey urine garbage everywhere, but it does not affect the local people's devout bathing prayer in the Ganges River.

The first shock to me was: Where are so many people! I always thought that we were a big populous country, came to India, only to know our own frog at the bottom of the well! Everything is so noisy and chaotic. Whether it is alleys or streets, the people of the holy places are not covered. We almost squeezed all the way to the Ganges River, and the Dasawamedo River Tank is a major river tank by the Ganges River. The morning bath and night sacrifice in the morning are nearby. It is also a great place to watch the sunrise of the Ganges River!

The river altar is the most lively place in the Ganges River. There is no wonderful night during the day. I understand this as an Indian temple fair. I don’t know if it’s accurate. I left after a short visit and there were a lot of people. The taste is a bit bad

The main pier of the Ganges Night Festival "Dasawa Meduo River Tan "--Dasaswamedh Ghat, located in the middle of the Varanasi Ganges River, is the most lively pier. Facing the Ganges, a performance stage was set up. At this time, the sun was setting and the night was coming. The staff was preparing in an orderly manner. The Ganges Night Festival is performed 365 days a year, no matter how wind and rain blow, it never stops. This traditional event is said to have been carried on for a long time. The night fell, the lights were on, and the square was full of people, waiting for the first time in Varanasi's journey tonight - the Ganges Night Festival kicked off. The clock was ticked at 18:40, and five priests were in place, and they were sorting out their costumes, props, and preparing for the performance. The five handsome men were of high value. As priests in India, a noble profession, only the Brahmin family, the highest caste in India, could do it. Professional. Performers are college students from Varanasi Theological Seminary, a complete set of performances that lasted thousands of years and have been trained to be basically programmed. Visitors are spread around the square, on the stage, on the steps, and on the river boats full of believers and tourists. For photography enthusiasts, it does not matter whether the location is good or bad, you must walk more and change the angle to take your favorite photos. Before the night festival began, the audience shook the rope attached to the flagpole, so that the bell on the top of the flagpole rang to indicate that the night festival began. Before the priests performed, they first went down to the river, holding flowers and candles, and held a ceremony by the river. They had expressed their respect for the Holy River. Near 19:00, the priests blew up the conch and announced that the performance was officially opened. The conch sounded from all directions and echoed over the Ganges for a long time. The people were silently reading the scriptures in their mouths as the horn sounded. Next, the priests lit the van incense, which was the first instrument. The priests shook the van incense and performed in different directions. The smoke of the van incense drifted away with the wind, taking away the thoughts in people's hearts. At this point, the trumpet in the square played out the chanting texts, then the priests took the second instrument of the bronze pot, which was smoked, and danced the bronze pot, which was smoked, and performed in four directions. After the bronze pot performance, the priests lit the third candle tower, and the candle tower that flashed the candle was tied to the priests' wrists, and began to perform various shapes. As the flames moved up and down, the smoke rose, and a dragon was dancing.

At night, when passing by the Dasawamedo River Tan, it was really good to meet the sacrifice activities, but I felt that the nature of the performance was relatively strong. The priests took the bells, the dust and other props on the stage and jumped and called, and they still read words in their mouths. Many people around were tourists and some were believers. It was quite mysterious anyway.

[How to get there] In the morning, the bus can drive to the supermarket, and in the afternoon, it can only be sudden. Then walk to Saswamedo, about 15 minutes. [Activities] From here, you can go south to the assi river altar and north to the Manikanika river altar. In the afternoon, there are ascetic monks here, worshipped by the believers. Of course, small vendors are everywhere. There are two groups of night sacrifices, seven priests to the north, the appearance is higher, and five priests to the south, and the venue is managed in an orderly manner. Night sacrifices usually start half an hour after sunset. Early April, 7 o'clock.