15. Maha Nirvani Ghat

Earlear this was the part of niranjani ghat. In early 20^th century king of panchkota made this ghat.

16. Shivala ghat

This ghat was made by king balwant Singh. Bahendra maths, established by king of Varanasi, is situated on it in where is the arrangement of lodging for south Indian pilgrims.

17. Gularia ghat

This was made pacca in this was made pacca in 1820. The ghat is named after a huge gulara (a tree of fig group) still exist exist here.

18. Dandi ghat

Due to the residential area of dandi swamis (saints) in the ghat, this ghat is called dandi ghat. Math (monestary) of dandi swamies is also on the ghat.

19. Hanumana ghat

There lies a temple of hanuman and shrines of nine planets so this ghat is called hanuman ghat. South Indian residents dominate the neighborhood.

20 Karnataka ghat

This ghat was built by the state of mysore . They’re also a shrine of guru bhairava, one of the eight bhairava protecting the city from eight directions.

21. Hariscandra ghat

This ghat is named after a mythological king hariscandra who once worked the cremation ground here for the perseverance of truth and charity but at the end the gods rewarded him and restored his lost throne and his dead son to him.

22. Lali ghat

In c. 1778 this ghat was built pucca by raja of Banaras. At the upper side there are temples of lam-bodara, cintamani and jyestha vinayakas, kiratesvara, jayanta Siva lingam and maha laksmi. Washer men dominate the vicinity.

23. Vijayanagaram ghat

This was made pucca in c. 1890 by the vijayanagaram state of south India. At the top of it is swami karapatri asrama. Closely to this building are the shrines of nilakantha (I) and nispapesvara.

24. Kedara ghat

This ghat is meticulously eulogized in the kkh (77.8-10, 47-54, also Kim.). This is the site of harampapa tirtha. At the top exists the temple of kedaresvara, the patron deity of the southern sacred sites are: tarakesvara, gauri kunda and vitanka nrsimha. In late sixteenth century kumarasvami, a devotee of dattatreya made a monastery attached to the kedaresvara, temple.

25. Cauki ghat

This ghat is famous for the huge pipala tree at the top of the steps which shelters a great array of sone figures of snakes, nagas. closeby to this tre is the shrine of Rukmangesvara, and at some distance lies naga kupa. on the occasion of festival honuring snake, naga pancami falling on the 5th light half of sravana, these shrines are especially worshipped. this ghat was built in c. 1790.

26. Pracina (Old) hanuman Ghat

Both of the above ghats are made pucca by mahant Haribaranath in c. 1825. this ghat gad affinity with a great bhakti saint vallabha who laid the philosophical foundations for a great resurgence of krsna bhakti. his birth day is celebrated here on 11th dark-half of vaisakha. the temple of rama consists of five siva lingams named after rama his tow brothers , his wife and his monkey servant (hanumandisvara).

27. Ksemesvara/Somesvara Ghat

Its old name was Nala Ghat, and was built in early eighteenth century. The followers of Kumarasvami made a monastery in 1962 at the upper-side of the steps. The shrines of Ksemesvara Gina are at the top portion of the steps. Bengali residents dominate the neighborhood.

28. Manasarovara Ghat

At the top of this ghat there is a sacred pond, in replicated form, representing the famous sacred lake of the same name lying in Tibet? This ghat was built by Raja Mana Sigh of Jaipur in c. 1585, and was rebuilt in c. 1805. The shringes of Rama, Laksamana, and Dattateya are in the vicinity.

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