HinduBhaktiGhat
Tulsi Ghatतुलसी घाट
Just north of Assi, the ghat where Goswami Tulsidas lived his last years and died in 1623, having given north India the Ramcharitmanas in the people's Awadhi. His house above the steps keeps his wooden sandals and a Hanuman shrine. Each Kartik the Nag Nathaiya leela he began is still staged from these steps, and the Dhrupad Mela fills the ghat with music every spring.
Tips
- Five minutes' walk north along the river from Assi Ghat.
- The Sankat Mochan temple, which Tulsidas is said to have founded, and the Tulsi Manas temple are a short ride inland.
How to reach
- 4.5 km from Varanasi Junction (Cantt) station in a straight line
- 23.3 km from Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in a straight line
- 2.1 km from Godowlia crossing, where cars stop for the old city in a straight line
Straight-line distances; by road through the lanes it is further.
Sources: Wikipedia — Tulsi Ghat · Wikipedia — Ghats in Varanasi · OpenStreetMap — Tulsi Ghat (coordinates)
