Private Full day Varanasi Tour with Monkey Temple

Our driver will pick you up from your hotel lobby at 11.00 am. You will be driven to the main attractions of the city with a tour guide. Enjoy the tour of Varanasi, a small city situated on the banks of the Ganga River. The city holds religious importance with a belief of being an integral part of the Hindu mythology.

The tour will start with a visit to Kashi Vishwanath Temple. This temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas (the holiest Shiva temples) in India. According to Hindus, the visit to this temple and a dip in the holy Ganga River is believed to attain Moksha (liberation). Next, visit Monkey Temple, also called Durga Temple, Durgakund. The temple has beautiful carvings, precious inlaid stones and a holy water pond called 'Kund' which was previously linked to Ganga River.

You will love the visit to 'Tulsi Manas Mandir', where Hindu scripture Ramayana was originally translated by Tulsidas from the Sanskrit language to Awadhi dialect in 16th-century. The temple walls display the scenes and pictorials from the Ramayana in the form of paintings. Bharat Mata Temple, also called Mother India temple is dedicated to the country Bharat Mata (called in Hindi language). The interesting things to see here are an undivided relief map of India carved out of a marble. Birla Temple, also known as Marble Temple is another famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Built by noted Birla family, it is completely made of marble and is the mirror image of Vishwnath Temple in Varanasi.

After a fascinating full day tour of Varanasi city, the tour will complete and you will be safely dropped back at the hotel.