Day 13 - Visit to Varanasi and travel to Rewa on 27-Nov-2019

Sararam to Varanasi road was jam due to traffic of heavy vehicles and Varanasi roads were jammed with heavy vehicles making driving tricky.

Had fresh and delicious and breakfast (Sattu Paratha, Aluparatha, Mixed Pakoda) at LBS Food Plaza in the out skirts of Sasaram which was just opened by an MBA student Aminesh after spending a few years in Pune and then moving to the home town to start his own business near his hometown i.e. Sasaram. 

Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most famous Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiva on the western bank of the holy river Ganga, and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. It was destroyed and re-constructed a number of times in history. The last structure was demolished by Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal emperor who constructed the Gyanvapi Mosque on its site. The current structure was built on an adjacent site by the Maratha ruler, Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore in 1780.

View of famous and historical Ganga Ghat

Visit to Mathura, Gokul, Brindawan, Fateshpur Sikri, Taj Mahal on 24-May-2009

One long day visit of 19 hours from Faridabad to Mathura, Gokul, Brindawan, Fateshpur Sikri, Taj Mahal was done by car on very hot day. The travel was smooth except that their was some fear after 8 pm. Although the driver was local and known to the route, there were hardly any car on the road or petrol pump.

Krishna_Janmasthan_Temple_Complex  is a group of Hindu temples  in Mathura. These temples are built around the place where major Hindu deity Krishna is said to have been born. The temples were destroyed multiple times throughout history, latest by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1670 who erected Eidgah there. In 20th century, the new temple complex was built with the financial help from industrialists containing the Keshavdeva temple, the Garbha Griha temple at the birth place and the Bhagavata Bhavan.