Banaras

From the Guinness World Record-winning Vivaah Patu to heritage weaves like Banarasi, Kanjeevaram, and Paithani, the most expensive sarees in the world combine artistry, culture, and luxury. Priced from lakhs to crores, these sarees represent not only luxury, but also hundreds of years of tradition and incredible craftsmanship.

How to plan a trip to the ancient holy city of Varanasi

Varanasi travel planner: Everything you need to know to embark on a spiritual voyage to the ancient holy city of Varanasi on the banks of the sacred Ganges, from Kashi Vishwanath Temple to the Banarasi silk saree weavers colony.

72 hours in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Benares, Kashi, Varanasi — a city that has many names and is widely believed to be one of the oldest living cities in the world — is a potpourri of unique experiences.

‘Dom women are not expected to be enterprising or entrepreneurial’: Radhika Iyengar on writing ‘Fire on the Ganges’

In her non-fiction book on Varanasi's corpse-burner Dom community, 'Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras', debutante author-journalist Radhika Iyengar demonstrates how caste-heteropatriarchy controls who gets to have a choice in the life they lead.