Chhath at the ghatsछठ पूजा
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Four days of fasting and offerings to the sun, kept mostly by women. At dusk and again at dawn the ghats fill with families standing waist-deep in the river, holding bamboo baskets of fruit and thekua up to the setting and the rising sun.
How to reach
Assi, Dashashwamedh, Rajghat and other ghats
Reaching Varanasi
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (Babatpur) is 25 km north-west of the city, with direct flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad; a prepaid taxi to the ghats takes about an hour.
Varanasi Junction (Cantt) is the main station; Banaras (Manduadih) and Kashi stations also serve the city. The Vande Bharat from Delhi takes about 8 hours; Cantt to Godowlia is 20–30 minutes by auto.
Sources: Wikipedia — Chhath · Amar Ujala — Chhath: छठ पूजा...शाम के अर्घ्य के लिए 48 मिनट और सुबह के लिए 57 मिनट का मुहूर्त; घाटों पर जुटे आस्थावान (Varanasi, Oct 2025) · Drik Panchang: Chhath Puja 2026 · Government of Uttar Pradesh (Sachivalaya Prashasan Anubhag-3) — Public and restricted holidays list 2026
