Munshi ghat of Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh

WildFilmsIndia 2014-08-12

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Rowing boat on the holy ghats of Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. People taking holy dip in river Ganga.

Munshi Ghat is one of the Ghats of Varanasi, in India. It is located at 25º 18.335' North and 83º 00.566' East (Darbhanga Ghat, centre), and is 0.052ha (the two ghats and nearby area). The palatial building by Clarks Hotel Group; the ghat area by the Municipal Corporation.

Sridhara Narayana Munshi, a finance minister in the estate of Nagpur had built this ghat and partly the palatial building; after his name it was called "Munshi ghat". In 1915 the Brahmin king of Darbhanga (Bihar) purchased this ghat developed in the form what it later on known as Darbhanga Ghat. Tthis is an extended form of the Munshi Ghat.

Source: Wikipedia

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