Dev Deepavali
Dev Deepavali
Dev Deepavali
Varanasi
23 - 25 Nov 2026
23 - 25 Nov 2026
optional extensions in Varanasi and Ayodhya
Dev Deepavali is the night the devas are said to descend to bathe in the Ganga at Kashi, and the oldest living city on earth lights every one of its eighty-four ghats to receive them.
Dev Deepavali is the night the devas are said to descend to bathe in the Ganga at Kashi, and the oldest living city on earth lights every one of its eighty-four ghats to receive them.
The Visits
What You Will Witness
01
The Ganga Aarti, from the water
The journey opens at dusk with a boat to Dashashwamedh Ghat for the evening Ganga Aarti, watched from the river as the lamps are raised, then on upriver to Kala Bhairav, Kashi's guardian.
01
The Ganga Aarti, from the water
The journey opens at dusk with a boat to Dashashwamedh Ghat for the evening Ganga Aarti, watched from the river as the lamps are raised, then on upriver to Kala Bhairav, Kashi's guardian.
01
The Ganga Aarti, from the water
The journey opens at dusk with a boat to Dashashwamedh Ghat for the evening Ganga Aarti, watched from the river as the lamps are raised, then on upriver to Kala Bhairav, Kashi's guardian.
02
A Festival Table at Bhartendu Bhawan
An evening in the 18th-century haveli of the father of modern Hindi literature: a private Kathak in the courtyard, an exquisite Banarasi thali, and the story of Dev Deepavali from your host.
02
A Festival Table at Bhartendu Bhawan
An evening in the 18th-century haveli of the father of modern Hindi literature: a private Kathak in the courtyard, an exquisite Banarasi thali, and the story of Dev Deepavali from your host.
02
A Festival Table at Bhartendu Bhawan
An evening in the 18th-century haveli of the father of modern Hindi literature: a private Kathak in the courtyard, an exquisite Banarasi thali, and the story of Dev Deepavali from your host.
03
Decorate your own ghat
On a reserved stretch of Assi and Tulsi Ghat, you sit with Banaras-school artists to paint your own diyas and write a wish - lamps that become part of the city's river of fire that evening.
03
Decorate your own ghat
On a reserved stretch of Assi and Tulsi Ghat, you sit with Banaras-school artists to paint your own diyas and write a wish - lamps that become part of the city's river of fire that evening.
03
Decorate your own ghat
On a reserved stretch of Assi and Tulsi Ghat, you sit with Banaras-school artists to paint your own diyas and write a wish - lamps that become part of the city's river of fire that evening.
04
The Dev Deepavali cruise
The night it all builds toward. As dusk falls on Kartik Purnima, your boat carries you along the arc of the ghats while five lakh diyas come alight at the touch of the priests' aarti, the Ganga turning to molten gold beneath a laser-lit sky.
04
The Dev Deepavali cruise
The night it all builds toward. As dusk falls on Kartik Purnima, your boat carries you along the arc of the ghats while five lakh diyas come alight at the touch of the priests' aarti, the Ganga turning to molten gold beneath a laser-lit sky.
04
The Dev Deepavali cruise
The night it all builds toward. As dusk falls on Kartik Purnima, your boat carries you along the arc of the ghats while five lakh diyas come alight at the touch of the priests' aarti, the Ganga turning to molten gold beneath a laser-lit sky.
05
Kashi Vishwanath, and a dawn on the river
At first light, Subah-e-Banaras at Assi Ghat with a morning boat ride along the ghats. Then a last darshan at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, with VIP arrangement, before the river itself carries you out to Namo Ghat.
05
Kashi Vishwanath, and a dawn on the river
At first light, Subah-e-Banaras at Assi Ghat with a morning boat ride along the ghats. Then a last darshan at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, with VIP arrangement, before the river itself carries you out to Namo Ghat.
05
Kashi Vishwanath, and a dawn on the river
At first light, Subah-e-Banaras at Assi Ghat with a morning boat ride along the ghats. Then a last darshan at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, with VIP arrangement, before the river itself carries you out to Namo Ghat.
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