Varanasi and Bodh Gaya: The Yogi's Guide
Kashi, the ghats, the aarti, Kashi Vishwanath, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya and Munger, with seasons, e-Visa, etiquette and itineraries, checked and dated
Walk the ghats of Kashi, sit at dawn in Sarnath and Bodh Gaya, and know what Munger expects of you, without causing offence at the cremation grounds or the temples. Every practical fact, from Kashi Vishwanath's rules and the Mahabodhi timetable to ASI fees, IMD climate normals and e-Visa airports, was checked on official sources on 16 October 2026, with no invented reviews or rankings.
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Inside the book
- Kāśī, the city of Śiva: names, legends and texts
- The river and the climate
- The ghats: Assi, Dashashwamedh and the cremation grounds
- The Ganga aarti
- Kashi Vishwanath: access, rules and darshan
- Sarnath, where the wheel was set in motion
- Learning and music: BHU, Kabir, Tulsidas, the Banaras gharana
- The festival calendar, 2026–2027
- Bodh Gaya: the Mahabodhi Temple, the monasteries and Vipassana
- Munger and the Bihar School of Yoga
- Getting there and getting around
- The e-Visa and your paperwork
- Health and safety
- Etiquette around death, rites and sacred places
Who it is for
- Practitioners preparing a first stay in Varanasi, with dawn sadhana on the ghats
- Meditators planning Bodh Gaya, a Vipassana course or the pilgrimage season
- Students of the Bihar tradition who want to know what Munger publishes and expects
- Travellers who want to approach the cremation ghats, temples and rites with respect
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This edition is in English. Yogide also publishes it in French.
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